Whoa. Sorry this is so long, but this is a passionate issue of mine. I'm very opinionated and strongly so, but I do not mean any disrespect. Hope you don't take it that way. [quote=lalalalalalala]Lowering the taxes? Increasing SSS benefits? Remove outsourcing businesses?[/quote] Lowering the taxes on the middle-class, and then raising taxes on those who make more than $250,000 per year. It's a damn good idea. Not sure about the SS benefits, but yes, removing outsourcing businesses which is especially important for Americans, such as myself. Too many of our jobs get sent overseas and in our current economic crisis (we have also lost 159,000 jobs last month). Obama plans to lower the taxes on the middle class by closing "needless" spending in other projects that are not really needed and closing loopholes that allow extra tax benefits for the rich. That's how he will be able to lower the taxes. [quote=lalalalalalala]If they remove the outsourcing, a lot of people will lose their jobs especially in the Philippines.[/quote] I do not mean for this to sound rude because I have many Filipino friends who I love and care about but......Americans need to worry about OUR country first, rather than the rest of the world. We have a lot of employment problems here, as well, and we need to fix it (I know it's not as bad as in the Philippines but our unemployment rate here is now the highest it's been in decades). Yes, American companies need to limit the outsourcing of our jobs so that we can get our economy back on track. We can't worry about the Philippines or any other place in the world when it comes to jobs. Sorry. [quote=lalalalalalala]This will trigger more people to urge to get abroad.[/quote] Again, I do not mean to sound rude....but that is not our "problem", you know? The Philippine government needs to also work harder (or the "people" need to step up and change the system there) to create a better government so that it does not rely so heavily on outsourced American jobs and companies. No offense, again. [quote=lalalalalalala]The blacks can't even help themselves.[/quote] That sounds like a kind of racist statment, sis. What makes you think that "blacks" can't help themselves? There is a black man running for president. I think you must only go with what you see/read in the media. There are just as many whites who cannot "help themselves". And under that reasoning.....it leads me back to the "jobs" issue. Maybe, like I said above (by stepping up) that the people of the Philippines need to find a way to better themselves and help themselves, too. You know? [quote=lalalalalalala]but I believe that he understands more on how to get into war. He hates war.[/quote] He does not hate war. He has supported the war in Iraq from Day 1. Yes, he knows about war because he was in the military and was a POW but that can also leave him open to "hate" of other people. He has also made some very demeaning statements towards Obama, even referring to him as "that one" instead of treating him as a human being. He has also "joked" about bombing Iran. [quote=lalalalalalala]He went to the war because he wants to stop it[/quote] Not exactly. Actually, he stated that he would stay in Iraq for 100 years if necessary. I'm sorry, but it's time for that reckless war to end and for the Iraqi people to take control of their own country. [quote=lalalalalalala]United States has been suffering because the people had been abusing their resources which had result from debt.[/quote] I beg to differ. Our debt is from mortgage lenders "persuading" people to buy homes that they could not afford in the first place. Also, we are spending 10 billion dollars each month on that reckless war in Iraq while the Iraqi government has a surplus of 50 billion dollars. [quote=lalalalalalala]You just tell SOME of McCain's speeches unlike Obama that has ALL his speeches really arrogant.[/quote] You must not have seen the debate 3 days ago. Find the debat on YouTube and tell me if John McCain is not a racist, arrogant and angry old man. I lost all respect for John McCain on that night. You fail to talk about any of John McCains bad points, instead, you choose to bash Barack Obama. Do you know that John McCain will raise taxes on the poor and middle class and create MORE tax breaks for the rich? Do you know that John McCain only met Sarah Palin (his vice presidential running mate) only 1 time before picking her? Wouldn't you want to know just a little bit more about a person for picking them for such an important role. And she is a joke. It was a political tactic because Obama did not pick Hillary Clinton. Strictly a tactic, it was not for the country's own good. I can go on and on and on for days about this....I'll be happy to do so via PM if you wish. Why does John McCain change the subject when it comes to the economic crisis here? It's because he doesn't know how to handle it. Like just a couple days ago....the McCain campaign brought up old news about a former associate of Obama (William Ayers), who, 30 years ago was considered a terrorist. Since then, though, he separated from the "terrorist group" that he was a part of and is now a distinguished professor at the University of Illinois. Obama met this guy in the 90's. McCain is making this an issue against Obama, however, McCain fails to mention that a man (forget his name) who works FOR William Ayers is a lobbist that works FOR John McCain. So....under that reasoning, if Obama is a "terrorist", then isn't John McCain, too?? Also, McCain never talks about the fact that his campaign is run by 30+ lobbyists for big oil companies who earn tax breaks for their support, meanwhile, during our economic crisis the oil companies continue to make record profits while the average American suffers. He also supports tax breaks for companies who outsource jobs across the world while here at home we are losing jobs in record numbers. You probably have not heard, too, that Sarah Palin's husband was a member of the Alaska Independence Party which was a radical group pushing for the succession of the state from the United States and there is a possibility that Sarah Palin herself was a member, too. McCain also supports the Bush Doctrine, which allows preemptive strikes against other nations and allows "illegal" wiretapping of ANYBODY who is thought to be a terrorist whether there is evidence of it or not. Did you know that John McCain voted AGAINST making the bombing of abortion clinics a federal crime?? Wow, that's just like supporting murder, huh? For someone who is opposed to abortion, it's ironic that he would "seem" to support the murder of doctors who perform abortions. And why is it that John McCain has resorted to "bashing" and negative campaigning instead of talking about the real issues that Americans care about?? I'll answer that question....because he is NOT putting his country first and he is more concerned with winning an election than changing the ills of America. I have to touch on two more points of yours, also..... [quote=lalalalalalala]I've been seeing Barack Obama has been aggressively bluffing himself to the public. He's just showing theories, not facts.[/quote] John McCain has been doing the same thing. Bluffing and lying. Did you know that McCain accused Obama of wanting to teach kindergardners about sex education just a few weeks ago?? WTF?? There was no basis or truth to it....that's a fact, and that's not a made up story. Search for it. In the last debate, McCain came up with a "theory" of how he would help the economic crisis.....but gave no details or facts of how he would actually do it. At least Obama tell you how he plans to do it. If you can show me something (during this campaign) where McCain laid out a real "plan" and "details" about his "promises" then I'd be very happy to see them. But I think you would have trouble finding any. [quote=lalalalalalala]He didn't even passed a bill.[/quote] You're right. Because 1 Senator cannot pass a bill. To pass a bill requires the SENATE to pass it. A majority of the senate. No one single person can pass any bill. He has supported many, though, as has McCain. Here's anohter funny fact....Sarah Palin did not know what the Bush Doctrine is. Basically, the Bush Doctrine gives the president permission to launch preemptive military attacks on other countries. You would think that Palin, a mother of a soldier who was just deployed to Iraq, would know what that is, huh? If I (an average American) knows what the Bush Doctrine is, you would think a Governor who is the "commander in chief" of the Alaskan National Guard [s]would[/s] should know what it is too. Wow, she's really ready to be president if something should happen to McCain. John was really thinking about what's best for America when he picked her. [b]Some "bluffs" by John McCain (these are facts, not made up)[/b] [spoiler]McCain proposed to write down the amount owed by over-mortgaged homeowners and claimed the idea as his own: �It�s my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal.� But the idea isn�t new. Obama had endorsed something similar two weeks earlier, and authority for the treasury secretary to grant such relief was included in the recently passed $700 billion financial rescue package. McCain misstated his own health care plan, saying he�d give a $5,000 tax credit to �every American� His plan actually would provide only $2,500 per individual, or $5,000 for couples and families. He also misstated Obama�s health care plan, claiming it would levy fines on �small businesses� that fail to provide health insurance. Actually, Obama�s plan exempts �small businesses. McCain lamented that the U.S. was forced to �withdraw in humiliation� from Somalia in 1994, but he failed to note that he once proposed to cut off funding for troops to force a faster withdrawal. McCain exaggerated Obama's votes to increase taxes. McCain: Sen. Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts. That's his record. He�s getting warmer � the first time we dinged him for this one, he said Obama voted 94 times to increase taxes, which is way off. He's now saying it's 94 votes either for increased taxes or against tax cuts. But that's still misleading. Seven of the votes were for lowering taxes for most people while increasing them on a few, and 11 votes were for increasing taxes only on those making more than $1 million a year (not "your taxes" except for a very few.) McCain repeated an error he made in the last debate when he said, "In Lebanon, I stood up to President Reagan, my hero, and said, if we send Marines in there, how can we possibly beneficially affect this situation? And said we shouldn't. Unfortunately, almost 300 brave young Marines were killed." In fact, McCain wasn't elected until three months after the Marines had been deployed. He did vote against the post-hoc War Powers Act authorization of the deployment; Reagan signed it into law in October 1983, 11 days before a suicide bomber set off a blast that killed 241 servicemembers in their barracks. McCain tripped up on one of his signature issues � special appropriation �earmarks.� He said they had �tripled in the last five years,� when in fact they have decreased sharply McCain repeated his overstated claim that the U.S. pays $700 billion a year for oil to hostile nations. Imports are running at about $536 billion this year, and a third of it comes from Canada, Mexico and the U.K. This was just a few. As I said, I can go on for days. Seems like John McCain does just as much "aggressive bluffing" that you accuse Barack Obama of doing. [/spoiler] I notice on your user info that it seems you still reside in The Philippines. I suggest that before you make such strong statements that you do some thorough research and not base your statements on what you see/hear in the bias media outlets, for example CNN and FOX NEWS. You only see the superficial issues and soundbites, ear candy in the media. You have to dig a little deeper to get the whole story. I do not deny that Barack does some "bluffing" (because ALL politicians and campaigns do) but McCain does just as much, if not more. I'm not really sure why you have such a negative view of Barack Obama, but it seems you really despise him, as I do to John McCain. The truth is, although I have "leaned" toward Obama from the beginning, I was persuadable until the debate 2 nights ago. McCain completely lost any chance of swinging my vote that night. Anyway, seriously, though, I would not make such strong statements about your government as I am not there and do not hear the whole story of every issue. What I know of the Philippine government is just the superficial issues and such so I would think you would not make such strong, blatant and blanket statements about the campaigns of two Americans. Sure, you are entitled to your opinion, but without knowing the whole truth....you can easily offend someone with those kinds of statements. No hard feelings to you, but I had to interject my opinions. Hope you won't hold it against me.

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