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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx</link><description>From NBC's Carrie Dann and Mark Murray The metaphor of Joe the Plumber, an aspiring entrepreneur wary of an Obama tax hike that could punish his success, has rapidly become&amp;nbsp;a plunger-wielding symbol of the crusade against “Socialism.”&amp;nbsp; Obama’s</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577636</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:36:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577636</guid><dc:creator>Henry, Amherst, NY</dc:creator><description>The wheels are starting to come of the straight talk express bus that John Mccain has been bragging about. </description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577642</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:40:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577642</guid><dc:creator>kathy, charlotte nc</dc:creator><description>NO. What embodies the tenents of socialism is the TRILLION DOLLAR bailout for the fat cats. That's universal socialism...privitizing the profits and socializing the losses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Joe is a sucker and a pawn in McShame's desperate game. &lt;br&gt;McCain makes him famous then blames Obama for his being in the spotlight. Joe's loving the spotlight and McCain, not Obama put him in it.&lt;br&gt;Joe makes 40K and can't afford to pay 1200 in back taxes. &amp;nbsp;I'm sure the McCain's will pay it for him...you know for his time campaining for them and all. &amp;nbsp;He's not even close to &amp;quot;saving enough money to buy his own business&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp;And, unfortunaley he's too brainwashed (or stupid?) to realize that Obama's health and economic plans will help him reach his goal LONG BEFORE McCain's will. &amp;nbsp;As long as he makes less than 250K HIS TAXES WILL NOT INCREASE ONE DIME!. If he suddenly begins making more 275K a year., he will pay an extra 3% on the 25K -- NOT THE WHOLE 275k. That's pretty close to rate under the Clinton administration when times were good!&lt;br&gt;God forbid poor Joe gets sick. John McCain's gonna give him 5K (2K if he's single) to go out and find good insurance. &amp;nbsp;Good luck with that Joe.&lt;br&gt;Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame. Maybe FAUX News will offer you your own racist talk show. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577648</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:42:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577648</guid><dc:creator>LP</dc:creator><description>Gosh, apparently John McCan used to be a not-real American 'socialist' who hated people who work and accomplish and achieve and believe in God. &amp;nbsp;I wonder when he saw the error of his ways?</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577653</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:43:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577653</guid><dc:creator>Ask Barack</dc:creator><description>Please remember that Obama's plan hits Joint returns at $250,000 but individuals at only $125,000. &amp;nbsp;Also, McCain hasn't spent 20 years of his life in a church listening to socialism from the pulpit (Wright), serving on boards and reading the influential books of an unrepentant terrorist/socialist (Ayers), and serving as a community organizer and working hand in hand with radical and fraudulent groups like ACORN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As for consistency, please ask Senator Obama about his truthfulness about using public financing for the campaign and his pledge to do numerous town hall debates. &amp;nbsp;Ask him why his answers about Ayers keep changing and he won't speak honestly about the extent of their relationship. &amp;nbsp;Ask him how he could sit in a church for 20 years under Wright's preaching and mentoring, march in the million man march in DC, have his church give awards to Louis Farrahkan....and he still just recently found out Wright was radical? &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577662</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:46:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577662</guid><dc:creator>BG, Seattle WA</dc:creator><description>How far McCain has moved away from his&lt;br&gt;former viewpoints...does that make him&lt;br&gt;a former Socialist?</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577663</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:46:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577663</guid><dc:creator>Lorrie, Framimgham MA</dc:creator><description>Dear Sen. McCain,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am a hard working, tax paying, American, but unlike Joe the plumber, last year I only made $12,000.00 although I had to pay $150.00 in taxes. &amp;nbsp;This is because I didn’t &amp;quot;earn&amp;quot; my income according to the tax rules (earned income tax credit), because I am a military retiree. &amp;nbsp;I think it is kind of amazing that I didn’t mind paying my fair share of taxes but you think that people who make over $250,000.00 shouldn’t pay a bit more. &amp;nbsp;Do you really think it is fairer for me to have to pay such a large percentage of my miniscule income than to ask my better-off fellow citizens to kick in a few more bucks. &amp;nbsp;I am so fortunate to have my military retirement and the healthcare that goes with it. &amp;nbsp;But what will happen to me when I have to find healthcare after I can no longer use the system at 65, because it was privtized (TriCare)? &amp;nbsp;I won’t have an employer-based program, as most retirees don’t. &amp;nbsp;Will I need to figure out how to pay taxes, pay for my dental care, (two things I do already) as well as medical care? &amp;nbsp;If I don't want to have medicare as my medical provider the answer is yes I will. &amp;nbsp;By then I may have some preexisting conditions though...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I also want you to know I am one of the people who have donated to Obama, I did it two times both times was for $100.00; BTW (chat lingo we use on the internet to mean, “By The Way”) I also sent $100.00 to Hilary. I am not trying to keep my donations a secret to either campaign but because I am hardly rich I couldn’t donate more. &amp;nbsp;So yes, I invested in the campaigns of two candidates I believe will help people like me.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lorrie&lt;br&gt;USAF ret., Registered Independent, Christian, and “a Baby Boomer White Woman”&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577670</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:47:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577670</guid><dc:creator>Full Moon</dc:creator><description>Barack Obama is two people ... the soft-spoken manipulator who can sell you the chrome off a trailer hitch ... and the radical socialist in a suit and tie.</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577672</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:48:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577672</guid><dc:creator>Gary M., Orlando FL</dc:creator><description>Please put this on TV!! send it to the Obama campaign, send it to the right wing radio programs!! </description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577678</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:50:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577678</guid><dc:creator>Rich, Athens, GA</dc:creator><description>Ah, the old McCain. &amp;nbsp;I voted for him back then. &amp;nbsp;Now I won't touch him or his running mate with a 10 foot pole. &amp;nbsp;A real shame.</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577705</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:59:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577705</guid><dc:creator>A.Brocco, Albuquerque,NM</dc:creator><description>McCain did not understand then that &amp;nbsp;technology had the potential to bite you in the ass because no one will remember foolish conversations. He still does not think today's technology can bite you in the ass. He and Osama Bin laden have a lot in common, they both live in caves (McCain has a lot more of them!)</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577706</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:59:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577706</guid><dc:creator>GW, Vancouver, Canada</dc:creator><description>Barack isn't anymore a socialist than John McCain is a maverick</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577708</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:00:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577708</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>McCain should say where he will get the money; hopefully not China which means borrowing, adding to the national debt! Cut taxes and borrow; the republican way, CORPORATE WELFARE.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As General Colin Powell said-- “He is a new generation coming into the world, onto the world stage.” &lt;br&gt; Sarah, is “sleeping with the enemy” (that would be her husband, Todd the secessionist Todd, the guy she hangs around). Todd, btw, recently registered as a Republican, ummm. &amp;nbsp;That’s a real cause for paranoia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Joe the unlicensed Plumber) told the CBS Morning News that he feels like he's being &amp;quot;used by the Republican Party as a pawn to make their point.&amp;quot;ummmm&lt;br&gt;This from McCain whose Veep is Sarah &amp;nbsp;a stupid TALKING MOOSE HEAD who just said the Vice President is &amp;quot;in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Biden only validates what said General Collin Powell's endorsement plus David Brooks, Richard Cohen, and newspapers. Yet, McCain and Palin keep chanting, negative experiences about Obama,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Truth: it would help if John McCain tells the truth.&lt;br&gt;Make Believe Maverick the Real John McCain&lt;br&gt;www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain&lt;br&gt;Five myths of John McCain&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/23654789"&gt;http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/23654789&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Truth: Despite saying it, McCain is flat-out lying when he claims to have received the highest award from every veterans organization. As Think Progress reports:&lt;br&gt;He received &amp;nbsp;a “D from veterans..&lt;br&gt;Obama received &amp;nbsp;a “B from veterans..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain/ Palin = unlicensed plumbers (Joe the Plumber + Watergate gate CREEP Plumbers) + AIP + renewing Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, &amp;nbsp; and the McCain/ Palin oil corporations lobbyist, and McCain ‘s &amp;nbsp;war profiteering buddies + empty beer cans = more of the same.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No way&lt;br&gt;No how	&lt;br&gt;No McCain/ Palin&lt;br&gt;Nobody but Obama/Biden&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577726</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:04:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577726</guid><dc:creator>Linda from Florida</dc:creator><description>This man is such a phoney. &amp;nbsp;Now you know...what he is preaching out there is nothing but a ruse to get votes and the stupid repubs will believe him. &amp;nbsp;It is now more than ever obvious that McCain will say and do anything to win the presidency. &amp;nbsp;But Mr. MCCain...you do not possess the honor or integrity to be there. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577728</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:06:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577728</guid><dc:creator>Steph E., Lancaster, PA</dc:creator><description>I thought the Right was supposed to be religious and that giving to the poor was Christian. &amp;nbsp;Apparently I was wrong -- helping the poor is Socialism. &amp;nbsp;Silly me.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain's tax evolution </title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577609.aspx#1577752</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:13:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1577752</guid><dc:creator>Duh</dc:creator><description>Barack Obama is two people ... the soft-spoken manipulator who can sell you the chrome off a trailer hitch ... and the radical socialist in a suit and tie. &lt;br&gt;Full Moon (Sent Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:47 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;---------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;Full Moon, You are two people... Sadly uninformed and not at all clever.</description></item></channel></rss>