| I consider myself to be in the center and I don't think the Democrats are't conservative enough on some issues.
Taxes will be raised on the 100k to 200k tax bracket if the Democrats win because they will raise the limit on payroll taxes which currently are taxed up to 102000. The FICA and Medicare taxes are a more certain way to raise revenue because they cannot be wiped out by a clever accountant.
I think raising the capital gains tax is a mistake because when Clinton lowered it revenue went up and then when Bush lowered it again revenue when up a again. This is a tax that should not be tinkered with just for the sake of ideology. The only way working people will get ahead is by investing and making gains on their capital.
I agree that the union movement needs to be rebuilt and CEO salaries are out of control, however the most pressing problem is the disappearance of manufacturing jobs. We need a leader that would dissuade Americans from buying so many imported goods.
The Democratic party is comprised of too many conflicting interest groups. Democrats are in bed with the trial lawyers and yet they want to fix health care. Health care will not be fixed if it is taxed by the tort lawyers. I think the only viable universal health care plan is a copy of the Canadian system and I don't see any of the current candidates delivering that, or any plan that would disenfranchise the lawyers.
The extreme environmentalist wing of the Democratic party is at odds with the labor movement. One reason jobs move overseas is because it is easier to site a factory in China or Mexico.
Rather than "make work" public works we could put people to work building refineries and power plants, including N plants.
I personally would be inclined to belong to a labor party whose interests would be at odds with a green party. I would like to see a return of logging and mining on federal land.
I voted for Kerry in the last election, mainly because he was not George Bush. I am inclined to vote for McCain this time.  |