Obama On Taxes

I haven't forgotten my blog. It's been a hectic week, and it may be a couple days before I can post again. I'm at a loss where the dirt in this house comes from. I scrubbed my floors on my hands and knees today, and within hours they were dirty again. But I digress....

Here's a reality check for 95 % of Americans who really believe that they won't pay taxes under Obama. (It's really more like 80%.)

He entered the U.S. Senate in January of 2005. He has less than 4 years experience in the U.S. Senate after 8 years in the Illinois Senate. (He has been absent on 24% of the votes while in the U.S. Senate this past season. Tell me, where can I get a job making $165,200 a year and not show up for a quarter of the time, and then get promoted to the highest position available? I think I may run for office.)(To be fair, McCain has been absent more this season, but has a much more solid record and many more years of experience behind him.)

He voted to raise taxes 94 times. Sort of. To be specific...
-23 times were against proposed tax cuts. (Well, that's not exactly cutting taxes, but keeping them high. This is not the kind of man who needs a blank check. Trust me.)
-7 would have lowered taxes and raise them on corporations and affluent individuals. (Corporations don't pay taxes. Consumers do. We do. And affluent individuals play a large role in keeping our economy strong. We cannot, and I mean cannot, take away their spending money.)
-11 would have increased on those who made over $1 million. (While for good causes, see note above. Taxing only the rich is a bad idea. Sounds good but it doesn't work well for our economy.)
-Some didn't raise taxes, but instead were budget measures, which would have called for tax increases to cover them. (I could find a better way to spend $3.4 million than on an overhead projector!)

And the plans he has to spend during his 4 years in presidency cannot be covered by "the rich." It would cost jobs. A lot of them. It's hard to say how many before it happens, but mark my words, it will cost jobs. Actually, instead of spending over $3 million for a projector, why don't we create some jobs with that money? Why don't we invest that money in the school system? Give the teachers a raise? What I could do with $3 million.

I'll take the guy that has a proven record over years and years in the senate cutting spending, and cutting taxes, and saving us all money, thank you. (That would be McCain, by the way.) The one who won't destroy our economy raising taxes during a recession, and can actually prove to me that he won't by showing me his past.

Actually, why is it that Obama's rating seems indirectly proportional with the economy? The stock market goes down, Obama's poll numbers go up. I'm so confused. He thought those sub-prime mortgages were a good idea, which is a large contributing factor getting us into this mess. He was paid "hush money" from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and sat silent when members of congress tried to fix a looming problem. Am I really the only one seeing how bad Obama is for this economy?