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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
It's worse than that. Remember this is a $5000 tax credit, not a check. Depending on your income, the tax credit will most likely amount to a few hundred bucks. But you'll lose that from the cancellation of the tax credit on the employer-sponsored insurance. If you're lucky enough to retain your employer-sponsored insurance, your expense will go up. If you lose your employer-sponsored insurance, you're screwed because you won't be able to buy a $12,000 policy with the few hundred bucks that you'll get from the $5000 tax credit. It's more than a bridge to nowhere. It's an insult to intelligence. Only a complete moron would think this plan is a good idea.
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exactly.
She did a nice job and did as trained to do....
But I agree...she did NOT answer the tough questions, and her immediate side step to speak on her percieved strong point...energy was pretty obvious. Some of the facts she spouted about what she has done in Alaska sound good unless you stop and think....repealing the gasoline tax....see, now I bet that is possible because of oil revinues flowing directly to the citizens. Thats a nice thing but here in Indiana we pay for our roads with gas taxes. Alaska has relatively few roads since the terrain makes them impossible in much of the state.
Lets face it, She has a great personality and has been a big shot of interest for the campaign overall, but she and mac are trying to paddle upstream in a tsunami of discontent with the horrible economy created by Republican policies.
What greater evidence is there than our current economic mess that the trickle down theory of economics is Voodoo Economics (as George hw Bush said when he was running agianst RRR in the primaries).
Anybody who says they believe that giving tax breaks to rich folks stimulates the economy is probably bare face lying....and for sure they are deluding themselves. Its an attractive lie though since we all want to believe it if we are the ones getting the tax break!
She did a nice job acting according to a script which has no substantive plusses to work with....same as Mac did in his debate with O.
Tom W
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