Wow

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]I assume it's sarcasm too. Cap gains tax is rising as of end of 2012 under the current president, [b]which hurts the middle class[/b] and discourages savings. Just received a brochure from my college urging end of year transfer for appreciated stock because of the cap gains tax increase. Pretty darn clear to me which way Obama wants to redistribute the wealth.[/quote]

the middle class don't have capital gains.

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?DocID=2589

If you don't understand that, it says 47% of all capital gains are earned by those with the highest 0.1% of income. Not the top 1%, mind you -- the top 0.1% of earners. The bottom 80% of households earn just 6% of all capital gains.

Raising capital gains taxes won't hurt the middle class one iota.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loved Romney's point on getting $25K in tax deductions - seriously? How does the average American family relate to that?!

That's basically double the standard deduction for a couple now. But someone with a hefty mortgage would lose out. Question is whether his rate cut would make up the difference.

According to this analysis, however, a $25,000 cap would only pay for about a third of his rate cut -- the remaining 2/3rds would have to be deficit financed. Or, the cap would have to be lower.

http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/

[Anonymous]

Invest in the productive private sector. Government is a wasteful , sloppy, unproductive money pit that borrows and wastes. Government is like that failure to launch character.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]I assume it's sarcasm too. Cap gains tax is rising as of end of 2012 under the current president, which hurts the middle class and discourages savings. Just received a brochure from my college urging end of year transfer for appreciated stock because of the cap gains tax increase. Pretty darn clear to me which way Obama wants to redistribute the wealth.[/quote]

My one checking account is negative $270.
I have a daycare payment due in a few hours for 370
My gas tank is empty
My federal student loans are in forbearance
My salary is 132,800
I can not relate to your complaint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Invest in the productive private sector.

You mean the private sector that brought us the Great Recession? There's plenty of capital waiting for investment opportunities, what the country needs is to get some money into the hands of people who will spend it. A thriving middle class is the real key to American prosperity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow.. Romney is going to win and there is nothing you can do about it.

Hahahaha, keep dreaming, my friend.

look at Gallup and Rasmussen on 10/18/2008, look at the final election results, and then get back to me.

Romney is legitimately up 5-6 points nationally right now. The election is not over, but to pretend it is not in game is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow.. Romney is going to win and there is nothing you can do about it.

Hahahaha, keep dreaming, my friend.

look at Gallup and Rasmussen on 10/18/2008, look at the final election results, and then get back to me.

Romney is legitimately up 5-6 points nationally right now. The election is not over, but to pretend it is not in game is silly.

Romney is up 5-6 points nationally in one poll that may be an outlier.

A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Monday showed Obama at 49 percent and Romney at 46 percent, while a Politico-George Washington University poll showed Obama at 49 percent and Romney at 48 percent.

As for Rasmussen, no one takes it seriously. No one. It is consistently one of the most inaccurate poll out there.

http://www.fordham.edu/images/academics/graduate_schools/gsas/elections_and_campaign_/2008%20poll%20accuracy%20panagopoulos.pdf

[Anonymous]

21:25, you lost them when you started using facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:21:25, you lost them when you started using facts.

Silly me.

That said, the Gallup poll is worth paying attention to.

[Anonymous]

And if our Rasmussen worshipper wants to actually read intelligent commentary about polling, s/he should try:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/oct-16-can-polls-exaggerate-bounces/#more-36238

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loved Romney's point on getting $25K in tax deductions - seriously? How does the average American family relate to that?!

That's basically double the standard deduction for a couple now. But someone with a hefty mortgage would lose out. Question is whether his rate cut would make up the difference.

According to this analysis, however, a $25,000 cap would only pay for about a third of his rate cut -- the remaining 2/3rds would have to be deficit financed. Or, the cap would have to be lower.

http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/

So let me get this right. His big proposal is effectively to create AMT on steroids???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Invest in the productive private sector. Government is a wasteful , sloppy, unproductive money pit that borrows and wastes. Government is like that failure to launch character.

I believe in the last crisis, the private sector was wasteful, sloppy and borrowed way too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow.. Romney is going to win and there is nothing you can do about it.

Hahahaha, keep dreaming, my friend.

look at Gallup and Rasmussen on 10/18/2008, look at the final election results, and then get back to me.

Romney is legitimately up 5-6 points nationally right now. The election is not over, but to pretend it is not in game is silly.

Romney is up 5-6 points nationally in one poll that may be an outlier.

A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Monday showed Obama at 49 percent and Romney at 46 percent, while a Politico-George Washington University poll showed Obama at 49 percent and Romney at 48 percent.

As for Rasmussen, no one takes it seriously. No one. It is consistently one of the most inaccurate poll out there.

http://www.fordham.edu/images/academics/graduate_schools/gsas/elections_and_campaign_/2008%20poll%20accuracy%20panagopoulos.pdf

Rasmussen had Obama over McCain 52-46 I believe, which made them one of the most accurate out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And if our Rasmussen worshipper wants to actually read intelligent commentary about polling, s/he should try:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/oct-16-can-polls-exaggerate-bounces/#more-36238

nothing in there discredits Rasumussen. and most pollsters dislike the yougov methodology. we shall see how accurate they are going forward.

[Anonymous]

Private companies are wasteful. There are studies that show CEO performance is not related to the CEO's company's performance as measured by return to investors through stock price. In other words, the higher compensated CEO preformed worst then a lower paid one in the same industry. It is wasteful and inefficient.