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+2 raves he could only loose because of dummies like you who do not even know your candidates plans Check... he could only loose because of dummies like you who do not even know your candidates plans
Check out the AD below
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http://www.johnmccain.com/Inf...
Making Health Insurance Innovative, Portable and Affordable
John McCain Will Reform Health Care Making It Easier For Individuals And Families To Obtain Insurance. An important part of his plan is to use competition to improve the quality of health insurance with greater variety to match people's needs, lower prices, and portability. Families should be able to purchase health insurance nationwide, across state lines.
John McCain Will Reform The Tax Code To Offer More Choices Beyond Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage. While still having the option of employer-based coverage, every family will receive a direct refundable tax credit - effectively cash - of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families to offset the cost of insurance. Families will be able to choose the insurance provider that suits them best and the money would be sent directly to the insurance provider. Those obtaining innovative insurance that costs less than the credit can deposit the remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts.
John McCain Proposes Making Insurance More Portable. Americans need insurance that follows them from job to job. They want insurance that is still there if they retire early and does not change if they take a few years off to raise the kids.
John McCain Will Encourage And Expand The Benefits Of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) For Families. When families are informed about medical choices, they are more capable of making their own decisions and often decide against unnecessary options. Health Savings Accounts take an important step in the direction of putting families in charge of what they pay for. (more) -
+5 raves pls do not argue with dico the dumbass, just nodd and smile he is totally insane has minimal fac... pls do not argue with dico the dumbass, just nodd and smile
he is totally insane has minimal facts, never tells the truth.
I used to think he and I could have a spirited debate abotu issues
but he is the one with the issues...........it is all inhis mind
or dics is a paid blogger (more) -
Is this 700B, a bailout for the rich or a rescue for... Is this 700B, a bailout for the rich or a rescue for all Americans? (more)
+8 raves PAULSON WANTED FULL AUTONOMY TO MAKE DECISIONS, READ SECTION 8 OF HIS PROPOSAL, WANTED NO RESTRIC... PAULSON WANTED FULL AUTONOMY TO MAKE DECISIONS, READ SECTION 8 OF HIS PROPOSAL, WANTED NO RESTRICTIONS TO CEO BONUSES OR PAY.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON HIS POWERS OR DECISION MAKING ABILITY
AND NO REPRESUSSIONS TO HIS ACTIONS
WHEN ASKED ABOUT ALTERNATIVE AND SAFER METHODS, HE (PAULSON) REPEATEDLY SAID "THAT CONSTRAINTS OR PENALTIES WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM."
WHAT---COMPANIES, THAT ARE IN TROUBLE, WILL NOT TAKE THE HAND OUT IF THEY MUST PAY IT BACK, OR MUST GIVE AN EQUITY POSITION IN THE COMPANY, NO STOCK FOR THIS MONEY, OUR MONEY..
IF THEY WILL NOT PARTICPATE IN THIS PROGRAM DUE TO RESTRICTIONS AND REGUALTIONS ON CONDUCT....I SAY LET THEM FAIL...GO AT IT ON YOUR OWN.......FREE MARKETS BAABY..YOU ASKED FOR IT AND HERE YOU GOT IT RIGHT IN THE TEETH...YOUR OWN KIND ATE YOU ALIVE, AND YOU WERE NOT EVEN FINISHED EATING UP THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASSS
NOT HINT AT A RETURN ONT HE INVESTMENT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS EITHER.
HE KEPT REPEATING THAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE NOW, RIGHT NOW, FIGURE OUT THE LEGISLATION LATER.
GARBAGE, HE WILL NOT IMPLEMENT THIS THING TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL.
HE IS FORMER CEO OF GOLDMAN SACHS, HE JUST LEFT 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO
AND THEY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM THE BAILOUT AS WELL
HE WAS THERE IN THE PRIME OF THIS DEBACLE.
HIS EXCUSE IS HE DID NOT DEAL WITH THE REGULATORY ASPECT.
HIS GOAL SI TO RESTORE LIQUIDITY SO PEOPLE CAN EXTEND MORE CREDIT.
NO MENTION FO PEOPLE KEEPING THEIR HOMES AS A PRIORITY, MAYBE A GOOD MESSAGE, BUT NOT A PRIORITY.
HE SAYS TAXPAY DOLALRS NEED TO PURCHASE WORTHLESS PAPER, AT COST OR PREMIUM, PAPER THAT NO ONE CAN TELL US IS TIED TO ANYTHING AND IF IT IS, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS TIED TO.
SUPPOSEDLY REAL ESTATE, BUT WHERE IT IS, WHO IS IN TROUBLE, WHO WILL $700 BILLION ACTUALLY HELP OTHER THAN THE BALANCE SHEETS OF THE CORPORATIONS, THERE IS NO DETAIL, NO SUGGESTION, NO HINT AT ANY INTENTIONS IN THIS DIRECTION
I SAY LET THEM FAIL THEN BUY THE MORTGAGES FOR .25c ON THE DOLLAR
LIKE A SMART BUSINESS DOES
SAVE US ABOUT $450 BILLION IN THE PROCESS.....
FREE MARKETS BABY
NO ONE BUYS DEBT AT COST
NO ONE
ASK ANY COLLECTION AGENCY (more) -
+2 raves I SEE THESE ATTACKS TOWARD THE MUSLIM RELIGION AND THSOE AFFILIATED WITH IT AS COVERT /OVERT RACI... I SEE THESE ATTACKS TOWARD THE MUSLIM RELIGION AND THSOE AFFILIATED WITH IT AS COVERT /OVERT RACISM.
AND THOSE THAT USE IT AS SUCH SHOULD BE CALLED OUT FOR IT. (more) -
+2 raves DICO, NO YOU DIDN'T, DO YOU EAT MCCAIN SHIT EVERY DAY.OR DO THEY REALLY PAY YOU TO BLOG FOR T... DICO, NO YOU DIDN'T, DO YOU EAT MCCAIN SHIT EVERY DAY.OR DO THEY REALLY PAY YOU TO BLOG FOR THEM
YOU ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT A GUY WHO COULD GIVE TWO FUCKS ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY UNLESS YOU MAKE OFER 5 MILL PER YEAR.
TELL ME DICO DO YOU MAKE OVER 5 MILL PER YEAR CAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I COULD SEE FOR YOUR BLINDNESS TO HIS LIES AN TRUE DECEIT. SEE I DO NOT HAVE TO QUOTE OTHERS TO SHOW MCCAIN IS DUUUUUU
DUMB JUST LIKE BUSH HE PROVES IT EVERYDAY HE SPEAKS, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HIDING FROM THE CAMERAS
mccain is a sham and a fraud
and should never be allowed anywhere near the white house
and should be kicked out of the senate for being such an idiot
CONGRESS SHOULD NOT GIVE UP 700 BILLION WITH ONLY A WEEK TO DEBATE.
I SAY LET THEM FAIL--MOSTLY BECAUSE THESE GUYS STILL WANT THER BONUSES FOR RUNNING THESE COMPANIES INTO THE GROUND.
LET THEM FILE BANKRUPTCY THEN BUY THEIR HOUSES AT FIRE SALE PRICES
I WANT RATE OF RETURN FOR MY TAX DOLLARS
if they had put some real muscle in that housing bill, so it would help more than 400,000 household...
Alot of this could have been avoided.
dang i am so mad
my fingers are not working (more) -
+5 raves IT IS BOGUS, CANNOT BUILD ROADS, CANNOT RESCUE TX OR THE MIDWEST, BUT CAN COME UP WITH $700 BILLI... IT IS BOGUS, CANNOT BUILD ROADS, CANNOT RESCUE TX OR THE MIDWEST, BUT CAN COME UP WITH $700 BILLION TO BAIL OUT FREE MARKET ENTERPRISE! BIG BUSINESS, CEO'S
LEHMAN BROS STILL HAD $2.5 BILLION TO GIVE OUT AS "BONUSES" TO ITS NEW YORK BIG WIGS !!--WHO GETS A BONUS WHEN THE COMPANY GOES BANKRUPT OR EVEN IN A BAD YEAR ! NO ONE
PART OF ME SAYS LET THEM FAIL, IT IS THE COST OF DOING BAD BUSINESS.
THE OTHER PART SAYS, ARE WE PAYING FACE VALUE FOR WORTHLESS PAPER AND WE KNOW IT IS WORTHLESS. (HUHHHHH, WHATTTTT)
ASK ANY COLLECTION AGENCY, THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS,
DEBT IS ALWAYS BOUGHT FOR "PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR", NEVER "FACE VALUE."
AND TO GIVE ANY ONE PERSON CONTROL OF THAT MUCH TAX PAYER MONEY
$700 BILLION DOLLARS
WITH NO RECOURSE OR OVERSIGHT, NOT NOW NOT EVER COULD A COURT QUESTIO HIS DECISIONS, AS PAULSON HAS PROPOSED, IS COMPLETE LUNANCY.
NO REGULATIONS!
NO BAILOUT,!
I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD BAIL OUT THE MORTGAGE HOLDERS BY PURCHASING THE MORTGAGES AND ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE A CLEAN SLATE AT AFFORDABLE RATES.
TURN THE OTHERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN SELL THEM TO THE STATES FOR THAT PURPOSE.
USE LOCAL COMPANIES TO FIX THEM UP IF NEEDED, CREATING JOBS RIGHT NOW PEOPLE.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IF DONE CORRECTLY
IF THE MORTGAGES ARE PAID OFF THE BALANCE SHEETS ARE GOOD THEN THE $700 BILLION CAN PRODUCE SOME PROFIT,
AND IT LOOKS TO SOLVE THE ISSUE FROM THE BOTTOM UP
KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AT A TIME WHEN, WOMEN, MEN, CHILDERN AND WHOLE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LEFT SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR IF THEY ARE LUCKY, AT SHELTERS IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND CARDBOARD BOZES UNDER BRIDGES........MAN...THAT'S HARD..
ALSO I DO NO SEE PAYING FULL PRICE FOR WORTHLESS DEBT, IT IS CALLED A BUYDOWN, DEBT IS BOUGHT AT "PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.' A DISCOUNT, BELOW PAR, WHATEVER YOU WNAT TO CALL IT!
COME ON PEOPLE !! (more) -
+3 raves and in case we forgot here is the start of this new depression recession era of 2008 600,000 job... and in case we forgot here is the start of this new depression recession era of 2008
600,000 jobs lost so far this year and only 5.5 million created in 8 yrs...oops make that less than 5 million as of this writing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://banking.senate.gov/pre...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN
Friday, November 12, 1999
202-224-0894
GRAMM'S STATEMENT AT SIGNING CEREMONY
FOR GRAMM-LEACH-BAILEY ACT
Sen. Phil Gramm, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, made the following statement today in a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where President Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act into law:
"The world changes, and Congress and the laws have to change with it.
"Abraham Lincoln used to like to use the analogy that old and outmoded laws need to be changed because it made about as much sense to continue to impose them on people as it did to ask a man to wear the same clothes he did when he was a child.
"In the 1930s, at the trough of the Depression, when Glass-Steagall became law, it was believed that government was the answer. It was believed that stability and growth came from government overriding the functioning of free markets.
"We are here today to repeal Glass-Steagall because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers. We have learned that we promote economic growth and we promote stability by having competition and freedom.
"I am proud to be here because this is an important bill; it is a deregulatory bill. I believe that that is the wave of the future, and I am awfully proud to have been a part of making it a reality."
On November 12, 1999, the Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act, was signed into law. This Act repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. One of the effects of the repeal was to allow commercial and investment banks to consolidate. Some economists have criticized the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act as contributing to the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis.[8][9]
The repeal enabled commercial lenders such as Citigroup, the largest U.S. bank by assets, to underwrite and trade instruments such as mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations and establish so-called structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, that bought those securities. Citigroup played a major part in the repeal. Then called Citicorp, the company merged with Travelers Insurance company the year before using loopholes in Glass-Steagall that allowed for temporary exemptions. With lobbying led by Roger Levy, the "finance, insurance and real estate industries together are regularly the largest campaign contributors and biggest spenders on lobbying of all business sectors [in 1999]. They laid out more than $200 million for lobbying in 1998, according to the Center for Responsive Politics..." These industries succeeded in their two decades long effort to repeal the act.[10] (more) -
Russian Markets Halted as Emergency Funding Fails to... Russian Markets Halted as Emergency Funding Fails to Halt Rout (more)
+6 raves Removing the regulations that were put into place after the 1930's Great Depression and stock... Removing the regulations that were put into place after the 1930's Great Depression and stock market crash, was absolutely insane. and in this global economy, OUR massive de regualtion of our once solid industries have infected not only our economy but the economy of the world.
Thanks RNC/GOP/MCCAin/ and especially Phil Gramm.
hard to believe that two bills pushed by Gramm..mcCain's advisor and his pick for head of the Treasury could and did inflict this mortal blow to the Whole World Economy.
http://banking.senate.gov/pre...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,
. This Act repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. One of the effects of the repeal was to allow commercial and investment banks to consolidate. Some economists have criticized the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act as contributing to the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis.[8][9 (more) -
+8 raves NOT SURPRISING MOST REPUBLICANS DID NOT VOTE FOR MCCAIN HE CINCHED THE NOMINATION MARCH 4TH, THE... NOT SURPRISING MOST REPUBLICANS DID NOT VOTE FOR MCCAIN
HE CINCHED THE NOMINATION MARCH 4TH, THE PRIMARIES STARTED IN JAN....PEOPLE WERE STILL VOTING FOR HUCKABEE AND PAUL LATE IN THE CONTEST..HE IS THE CANDIDATE OF THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF THE RNC..THEY JUST IGNORED THE REST OF THEIR VOTERS, BUT FOR SOME REASON TOO MANY LIKE GETTING KICKED IN THE TEETH BY THEIR OWN PARTY EVERY ELECTION CYCLE... (more) -
It REALLY is OK to LIKE and RESPECT Governor Sarah P... It REALLY is OK to LIKE and RESPECT Governor Sarah Palin! (more)
+10 raves f you truly care about our veterans and this great country of ours... ...Don't vote for Jo... f you truly care about our veterans and this great country of ours...
...Don't vote for John McCain.
McCain voted against our troops MANY times in the senate.
John McCain voted AGAINST 20 million dollars for veteran care facilities.
John McCain voted AGAINST $322 million for safety equipment for our troops in Iraq.
John McCain voted AGAINST $1 billion dollars in new equipment for the National Guard.
John McCain voted AGAINST $430 million for veterans outpatient care.
Barack voted FOR all of these troop support initiatives.
They deserve better than McCain.
We deserve better than McCain.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT
Obama VS. McCain: Who Should You Vote For?
http://my.barackobama.com/pag...
If You Are Thinking About Voting For John McCain/Sarah Palin...
...First Ask Yourselves These Questions:
http://my.barackobama.com/pag... (more)
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Funny the DNC liked McCain four years ago. As I recall Kerry and the other top DCN officials wanted him on their VP spot. McCain is not another Bush. Obama, I fear would be big mistake and in many was reminds me of Bush (much more so than McCain) .
Bullying people will not bring votes to Obama. It will just alienate more people. You Obama people are doing a GREAT job of that.
Country before Party.
Vote your conscientious. I'll be voting mine and sleeping very well knowing I've done all I could.