One of the most irritating things is when media and politicians jump on the bandwagon of believing that the best way America should go is to increase taxes, especially on the wealthy!

John McCain is said to be “pandering” and following the “party line” when he says taxes should be lower. He has changed his position a little bit, but the change is a good change.

See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24305534

Even though the political swing seems to have gone harder left in Washington, some think that McCain should move more toward the “middle.” One would think that McCain has been just like George Bush who is probably considered “far right” for the moment. But this notion isn’t consistent with reality.

McCain, on the other hand, really is middle of the road! For the purpose of comparison, just look at some of John F. Kennedy’s ideas on taxes. Kennedy is still seen as a Democrat hero today, but today some of Kennedy’s ideas on taxes would make him look like a Republican. This is ironic because McCain’s ideas about taxation are very close to Kennedy. Yet, when McCain suggests taxes should be lower, he is seen as pandering to his party.

Moving onward…Why do jobs leave America?

The Obama/Clinton answer seems to be that it’s the big, nasty corporations which are at fault! Corporations are the source of all our problems!

But corporations employ a huge percentage of Americans, including a huge number of many middle-income Americans. For the corporations that stay, those taxes are passed not only on to the consumer, but also to middle-income Americans who work for the corporations. Furthermore, even the “little guys” put their eggs in the stock market basket, where the smart money says, over the long term, they will see gains. Who is the little guy investing in to depend on good returns? You guessed it. THE BIG CORPORATIONS!

Blaming the corporations may get votes of those who don’t know better, and vote with their hearts and not their minds, but it is the corporations that are responsible for producing a huge amount of wealth for all of America.

Private industry and enterprise is the source of America’s greatness, not the government. The government is better at getting in the way of real solutions to our economic woes. In fact, the economy has gotten even worse since Democrats have taken power, and they’re the ones with the most control over policies. Never mind that “it’s all Bush’s fault” we know! He was responsible for sending Hurricane Katrina to the coast using his super- secret weather control devices. For liberals, Bush Jr. is responsible for everything from bad weather to bad policy, which is convenient. This is despite the fact that a president just doesn’t have that kind of power.

So do big corporations still serve us by moving overseas? The answer is yes. With lower taxes, they can reap higher returns for investors as they sell goods around the world and still keep the prices of products for American consumers low.

Low taxes, even for the “Big, nasty, evil and insensitive corporations” are a winner. Lower taxes for everyone are a winner.

So go ahead…Keep telling us that higher taxes are good for us media and politicians. For those of us who know better, this is akin to drinking the hemlock. For the rest, it’s just a new flavor of Kool-Aid.

In the meantime, you politicians can keep up all the unnecessary spending! Yeah, we know where the real problem lies. It’s big, dumb, inefficient government thank you very much!

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   Ron McClure

   May 8, 2008 at 8:46 am

   Corporations ARE evil…they continually bow to to unions who demand $30/hour for turning a screwdriver 400 times a day. I’m sorry, but this is a a sore spot for me. Unions protect the the right for an employee to not show up for work or even call. They continually extort, yes I mean EXTORT corporations. Webster defines extort as this: “to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring; also : to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extort). Our government taxes the hell out of them, people piss and moan, and then they all criticize them for profiting. Why does a person without training or education who turns a screwdriver and smoke cigarettes all day deserve so much, yet the guy who busted his @$$ to start the company deserves to be lynched. Corporations in this country are handcuffed and ridiculed. Why would they NOT move to other countries???

   When it comes to the rich, wake up you self-centered people. The rich fund this government almost entirely by themselves. My numbers may need updating, but generally speaking the top 5% of income earners pay 95% of income tax in America, many of them being business owners and CEO’s.

   If you want more, do more…AND SHUT UP!!!!!!

   P.S. My adjusted gross income places me near the poverty level.

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