2firfun50 wrote:Maybe I'll be the first to come out and openly say I'm an Obama supporter. Why am I an Obama supporter? Here is why.
1. I'm a college educated engineer who has prostituted myself for the military/industrial complex for 32 yrs. and can not afford to retire. Our for profit health care costs more than my pension.
Yes, I'm sure you were paid minimum wage as an engineer.
2firfun50 wrote:
2. I can't support anyone whose tax plan favors the rich and punish the ones who made them rich.
Yes, the purpose of capitalism/business is for investors to provide jobs, with no profit, while putting their money at risk, so you can have one
2firfun50 wrote: 3. Trickle down economics simply does not work. The rich do not create jobs unless they get richer.
See #2
2firfun50 wrote: 5. You can't be at war for over 10 yrs., finance it it "off budget" expenditures, and cut taxes at the same time. The balloon payment is now due. And those who got rich off of the past policies need to pay the bill.
So how about taxing the 47% who pay nothing to start with. I believe they get the same benefits and services that others pay for, for free. Are 47% of the population too poor to pay their fair share?
