One of my coworkers at MyJob (The largest computer maker in the world, I'm in their Idaho call center) sent me this new one. I can't seem to find it anywhere, so maybe I got an early version of it or something.
Regardless, it's so blatantly full of lies that I can barely stand looking at it.
Quoted below the flip -- help me find sources to shoot this crap down -- and hey, maybe we can craft an antiviral reply. You know, collect these smear-filled form letters in one place, and create form letters with the truth in them (with links to other sites) for replying.
Hello, I am Aaron Michael Robichaux(38), my wife Kelly Daigle Robichaux(37), and my two beautiful kids, Gabriel(6) & Sydney(4) are wanting to announce the differences between the two candidates for PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. It is a very important election in 21 days and we feel it in our hearts to do this.
I am a business owner and employ between 8 to 12 workers. We do Lawn & Landscaping work in Louisiana. I have been in business for more than 5 years now, and we are doing pretty good. We both have college degrees and love our country a great deal and WE BELEIVE this has to get out so everyone can make a sound decision on their own.
Here are the differences:
2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON:
ISSUE JOHN McCAIN BARAK OBAMA
Favors new drilling offshore US Yes No
Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it Yes No
Served in the US Armed Forces Yes No
Amount of time served in the US Senate 22 YEARS 173 DAYS
Will institute a socialized national health care plan No Yes
Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy No Yes
Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately No Yes
Supports gun ownership rights Yes No
Supports homosexual marriage No Yes
Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase No Yes
Voted against making English the official language No Yes
Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals No Yes
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
McCAIN 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples).
McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
OBAMA 28% on profit from ALL home sales.
How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community,
28% of the money you make from your home sale will go to taxes.
This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on income from their homes as part of their retirement income.
DIVIDEND TAX
McCAIN 15% (no change)
OBAMA 39.6%
How will this affect you? If you have money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance,
retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will be paying nearly 40% of the money earned
on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would
crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.'
INCOME TAX
McCAIN
(No changes) Income Tax
Single, 30K $ 4,500
Single, 50K $12,500
Single, 75K $18,750
Married, 60K $ 9,000
Married, 75K $18,750
Married, 125K $31,250
OBAMA
(reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) Single, 30K $ 8,400
Single, 50K $14,000
Single, 75K $23,250
Married, 60K $16,800
Married, 75K $21,000
Married, 125K $38,750
Under Obama, your taxes could almost double!
INHERITANCE TAX
McCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax
Many families lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations
because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will lose them to these taxes.
NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA
New government taxes proposed on homes more than 2,400 square feet.
New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....
New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!
You can verify the above at following web sites:
http://money.cnn.com/...
http://www.cnn.com/...
http://elections.foxnews.com/...
http://bulletin.aarp.org/... obamaoffer_different_visions_on_taxes.html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/...
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/...
IT JUST SEEMS THAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WANTS TO CHANGED THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT WE HAVE TO A SOCIALISTS ONE (RE-DISTRUBUTION OF WEALTH) AND STRIP AWAY OUR FREE ENTERPRISE (CAPTIALISTS) CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SCARY THING AND THAT IS WHY WE FEEL THE NEED TO SEND THIS.
IF YOU FEEL THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT PLEASE SEND IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE... THESE ARE THE FACTS, NO ATTACKS, BUT THE TRUTH... MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY...
PLEASE GO VOTE !!! SEARCH YOUR HEART AND YOUR GOD !!! PLEASE GO VOTE !!!
I am low on time, so my reply was somewhat short:
While I can’t find the Snopes article on this one (it must be new), you should be aware that it’s full of factual errors. Obama will not raise taxes, for example, and anyone doing basic math can tell he’s been in the Senate for more than 4 months. The tax stuff is almost laughably wrong – check out this website here to determine how much you’ll save in President Obama’s administration:
http://www.obamataxcut.com
Oh, and the Illegal Aliens thing? Yeah, race baiting at it’s worst – the vote wasn’t to give “illegal aliens” Social Security, but rather, to allow LEGAL Immigrants to gain benefits when they retire. Snopes DOES have that one up: http://www.snopes.com/...
http://www.obamafactcheck.com/
http://factcheck.org/
http://fightthesmears.com/
Remember people, Politicians go truly, outrageously negative when they don’t have anything GOOD to say – and McCain’s been 100% negative in his ads for weeks now. Guess it’s better than talking about the issues that matter, where McCain is reliably, consistently WRONG.