The Issues on the Table

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Ever heard of a word cloud? It’s a way of diagramming words used in a speech and making those used the most often, the biggest. In other words, it shows what people are really saying and how often they are saying it. We can assume that if a candidate uses the same words over and over again it’s either their biggest priority - or the issue they MOST want to convince us of. ;)

(Reposted from the New York Times):

The Words They Used
The words that speakers used at the two political conventions show the themes that the parties have highlighted. Republican speakers have talked about reform and character far more frequently than the Democrats. And Republicans were more likely to talk about businesses and taxes, while Democrats were more likely to mention jobs or the economy.

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Money Talks! The above, which we read on the Washington Post’s website, shows the literal difference in taxes that both McCain and Obama are talking about. Taxes are just a part of the entire landscape in choosing a candidate, but it’s important to evaluate too. Check it out…and tell us what you think!

Excerpt:
Obama and McCain Tax ProposalsAccording to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama’s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 - a difference of nearly $1 million.

So some people feel that taxing the biggest corporations is fair, and that those who *can* pay more, *should* pay more. Period! And that having more money for the middle and working class will make them shop more and the economy will get healthier. Others feel it has a negative impact on the economy - to oversimplify again, when the rich are taxed more, they employ fewer people and have less salary to pay out which means even if the middle and working classes are taxed less, unemployment rises in the end and the economy suffers. BOTH candidates are in favor of putting more money in the hands of the middle and working classes. The question and difference between Obama and McCain is just how much $ that really is, and how much the truly wealthy have to pay as well.

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