Obama slams Mccain: Corporate Tax Cuts & The Earmark Fallacy – Rachel Maddow comments
John McCain mаkеѕ a hυgе deal іn thіѕ area hіѕ oppostion tο earmarks. During thе debate, Barack Obama juxtaposed McCain’s taxcut proposal thаt wουld cost $300B wіth thе $18B represented bу earmarks. Whіlе ѕοmе earmarks аrе clearly booty frοm thе taxpayer tο local interests, many саn bе justified аѕ sound policy. Obama сουld, іf hе wished, rυn аn full campaign, Congressional district bу Congressional district, identifying a few “earmarked” expenditures thаt thаt district lіkеѕ аnd thаt McCain voted hostile tο. More tο thе point, bυt, іѕ thаt McCain hаѕ voted fοr loads οf tax loopholes during hіѕ 26 years іn thе Senate. Whу loopholes аrе morally superior tο earmarks escapes mе. Lеt υѕ postulate thаt thеrе аrе ѕοmе justifiable earmarks аnd ѕοmе justifiable loopholes. Thе arguments hostile tο thе rest аrе both process аnd substance. Thе process, I’ll-scratch-уουr-back-уου-scratch-mine, bυt unseemly, іѕ thе same fοr both. Thе substance іѕ аlѕο identical. A loophole allows аn individual, οr company, οr sector nοt tο pay taxes οn a particular category οf returns. Thе rest οf υѕ hаνе tο mаkе up thаt shortfall. Thе earmark іѕ mοѕt οftеn a local scheme fοr whісh general tax revenues аrе spent. Thе rest οf υѕ hаνе tο pay fοr thаt tοο. Thе Member οf Congress takes credit fοr thе earmark (“look аt whаt I brought home fοr уου″) аnd thе loophole, bυt thе latter іѕ rarely ѕаіd aloud. Thаt ѕhουld tеll υѕ something. Thе earmark іѕ more οftеn a scheme fοr whісh thе Member саn tout іtѕ benefit tο …
this is the exact reason why nobody watches MSLSD anymore, this IS the LEFT WING media machine.
this is the most bias and garbage reporting I ever saw
what makes me laugh so much in this area these news stations is that they let obama go on for like a small then they limit mccains cut to 5 seconds. hmm. no room for argument.
which one will yield positive returns?
Orgy of spending, what the heck is going on now? those tax breaks for the rich was a excellent thought now and than, they are paying over 30% now and in some suitcases more some less but saying your going to increase taxes on people really is not something that motivates the small business self
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“Ahh ahh ahh” is it just me or does that get on your last fucking nerve? Ahh ahh ahh….spit it out fuckhead.
I guess 900 Billion is REALLY REALLY REALLY vital!…. what a douche….
What a freaking insincere piece of shit! Look what Obama has done in just 3 months!
Over 9000 earmarks in ONE bill!
Obama said during the campaign “I will BAN ALL EARMARKS”!
Now he says “Earmarks done right can be a excellent thing”.
Does Mrs lickalottapus Madcow have anything to say in this area that??
MSNBC is a FARCE!! How can you have any accept for a so called “news agency” when its so obvious they are Obama’s bitches?
BTW, Bo’s approval rating is 22 points lower than Bush’s was at this time.
The countries rear is sore from getting reamed out the past few weeks.
Obama 2009.Keep on brother don’t let them SORE people bring you down.I support you and nobody is gonna change my mind.
Meanwhile, Obamas total spending after one month in office = 36 billion per day.
Obama is full of shit!!!!
$ 300 billion doesn’t sound like that much anymore for some reason.
REAL RepubliCON STIMULUS:
~ CRAIG: A return foot-tapping under mens room? stalls
~ LIMBAUGH: Blanket-free prescriptions for Oxy-Contin
~ W & SCARAH FAILIN: Each want 50% of Scare-Crow’s intellect
~ COULTER: Get Adams Apple Removed
~ CHENEY: Keep Unilateral Contracts & Face Shootings Legal
~ NITT-WITT-MITT ROMNEY: Take up again flip-flopping
~ FOLEY: Return e-mails from teen boys
~ HAGGARD: A male hooker who won’t kiss & tell in this area Sex & Meth
GOAL: Take up again to LOSE “DOZENS” of Senate & House Seats!
You know what’s amusing? Obama and the Dems bitched in this area Bush’s massive spending, but they support Obama spending nearly a trillion or more on this bullshit fiscal stimulus.
Hypocrisy? You choose.
She has hideous hair….
That’s what they said in this area Kerry in 2004. So who’s more liberal Kerry or Obama? Where you getting that 40% pay no taxes already? Is it because just in this area 40% of wealth is controlled by only a handful of individuals? And we still have to bail those guys out? Look up welfare in the dictionary. AIG people are now hunting in Africa while we have tent cities here. They’re paying for their vacations now on tax payers dollars. And your worried in this area some ghetto guy buying beer on welfare.
he’s that liberal cause he was busy voting hostile to bush’s stuff
plus last I looked the President doesnt write law and the President doesnt have the power to change the country’s full economy on any drastic level
According to the National Journal’s nonpartisan ratings, Barack Obama was the most liberal member of the Senate in 2007. Obama’s composite liberal score of 95.5 was the highest. Do you really reckon he is going to lower anyones taxes? The truth is 40% of all Americans pay NO taxes already. The top 50% of wage earners pay 97% of all federal returns taxes. Only the rich (as defined by Obama) pay taxes anyway. If you give a “tax cut” to the rest it is nothing but WELFARE!
This is hilarious, I swear. I heard this woman on msnbc several times before but never knew who she was. At once she proved to be a further whining, liberal automaton spewing on msnbc (shocking). I went out on an limb and made the far-fetched guess that she is a lesbian. Wiki check FTW! How could I possibly have known?
Obama is a fucking liar and carnival barker
Also, excellent video, it really points out a lot to someone who may not know much in this area the candidates and their confirmation. XD
Wow, you really did your research in your description. nice to see that at least SOMEONE has sufficient common sense to really know what has happened, and what will most likely happen in the future. I’m glad to see at least someone who doesn’t believe all of the republican views and opinions that most news stations feed to Americans.
Mccain is a fucking idoit
for sure… thats why im canadian and dont vote… its all non-sense its not even political nemore… its just… who has the largest lie or who says the incorrect things or what will win the election ex. a lady was vice… for obama it was… if he choose HC he was a sexist… if he didnt choose HC he was a sexist but mccains not…