The more you make, the more you pay. As a result of your greater payments, people in lower tax brackets both pay less and have access to greater services (such as tax credits, affordable healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, decent roads, national defense, etc.) That's called a "progressive income tax," because as you go higher up the income ladder, the burden (in theory) is progressively higher.

Don't like it? Do away with the tax code. I just hope you like living in an unsafe building and defending yourself and your belongings every day, since there won't be little things like police, firefighters or building code inspectors.

Also, don't call people making $250k a year "hard working" as a group. Many of them are earning that off of trust funds or other investments, not the sweat of their brow – like one Cindy McCain. A huge percentage of this group are also people like lawyers and doctors whose salaries have skyrocketed over the last 15-20 years without a demonstrable increase in their talent or work ethic. Trust me. I saw my salary more than double in 7 years, and I wasn't suddenly doing twice the work. Some people are real innovators and work hard – but many just had better options and opportunities.

I busted my butt putting myself through college at night, working a job and running a weekend handyman business. Why should I pay for others to go to school? I served my time

As for Colin Powell, I am glad to see he has finally cut his ties and started to speak for himself. Negativiity we do not need, solutions we do need, but if one has no solutions, no new policies all one can do is attacks those that do.

As to redistibuation of wealth, what has permitted the federal government to respond to economic downward motion in the past is federal dollars going into federal projects. But there are no federal dollars today, tax cuts to buisnesses and the upper 2% rather than fueling growth have gone right into the pockets of those that received them in the first place. Trickle down failed before and has proven itself a bigger failure this time around.

Remember the cold war?? Obama will turn this country into the old USSR, and as I recall their system didn't work too well.

Palin is just looking forward – looser. Hopefully Nov 5, we'll be waving bye-bye to her and the "first dude." & family.

Lets take the 10 billion a month and get Americans back on track.

Her debate broke records in viewership (no way people were watching for Biden)
Her convention speech broke records in viewership
Her Sat night live was the most watched in 14 years.
She has a 80% approval rating in Alaska.
There are more that want to see her than not.

She is a formidable opponent.

As for Socialism, I think I'll be brave enough to not hide under my bed this time. You can mock Obama's plans as Socialism all you want. You can point to Canada and the UK's Health Plans as Socalist ideas that Obama is aiming for. But why is it that report after report show that the countries with "Socialized" Medical Care have better medical support for their citizens. We're at the bottom of all the lists. The worst Industrialized Nation for Education, Health Care, Environment, Infant and Birth Mother mortality, etc. Oh sure, we have the best Medicine in the world for the 5% who can afford it. But what about the other 95%? "Socialized" Medicine is a risk I'm willing to take. Our Heath Care rankings have no where to go but up.

Seems like a potential run to me

But think about what they each have in common. "John McCain"!!!!

JM thrushed them into this campaign and then he blames the Obama campaign.

SNL has it best rating in history....why? Again, because we need to laugh right now to keep from crying and Gov. Palin is the joke.

The VP debates and SNL rating were that high b/c we enjoying laughing at the expense of others.

Palin could leave...and Joe could sit down somewhere...but no they insist on staying. So I will keep tuning in for this Comedy we call news.

I cannot believe we set the bar so low with having Palin on the ticket. Truly, what were we thinking? Who wants an "ordinary person" running for one of the highest positions? It feels surreal.

The only difference between Palin Bush is body parts. Ahhhh, and most of you think he did a good job too...

Hate Obama all you want, just be honest about the garbage you are supporting. Just one of you be honest and tell us you are voting republican despite the candidates that are running.

Leave the comment in moderation. You always do!

The parent do everything they can teach a child when they are home alone after school not to answer the door because the parent have a key. The phone is a child lifeline left home along to the parent. The innocent child is waiting patiently for the parent to make it home safely. Now the robocall is out and the child could possibly answer the phone and hear this terroist mess.

What were the McCain caimpaign thinking? The McCain camp seized to amaze me on their judgement.

The world is dangerous enough and could possibly have an innocent child crying home alone.

They need to stop it immediately and think about who will answer that call.

Save your self and get away from the mad – man...

Obama Binden 08 12

On that note: STOP LOOSELY TYING OBAMA TO AYERS and other crap like that. It comes off as petty.

And way to openly disagree with your running-mate's campaign, that shows some real unity there.

Go home

HUH?!?!? This is not even a cohesive sentence. We've had one retard in the White House, please don't make us have to endure another one.

Palin is an english teachers nightmare. This is a runon and a fragment all in one. If this is the best and the brightest America has to offer, God help our school systems.

Silly as it sound though...Sen Obama said this will be the tactics that they will use against in in his campaign in April....the Robo calls and the Socialist tag...someone pls ask the lying fools what is President Bush doing in office right now...? If that is not socialism then what is it?

America is too smart to tolerate her any more. Goodbye, Palin. You won't be missed on the national scene.

You would be one who would benefit from Obama's plan. I am confident you are not making 250K a year.

The Republican Party is nothing but a bunch of Crooks just like Nixon, he just got caught. I was a republican/independent up to this point in politics; I am now a independent/democrat thanks to:

-Bush / Cheney and their lies (they called it bad intelligence) to get us into Iraq. Afghanistan is justifiable for the terrorist camps they had there. The reason we have not found Bin-Laden…Republicans could not justify being in Iraq. Once he is found the American public would have closure on a tragedy that affected us all- 9/11. And lets start not having any politicians except the President of the Untied States speak during the remembrance of this event. And lets start use it to remember our dead, not to use it as a scare tactic for political reasons as the Republicans have been doing since that day.

-Thanks to the H1B visa, this allows foreign visa workers without a green card to work our American jobs (engineering and IT in general). I am now a unemployed IT worker and getting ready to los my house.
These companies used contract job shops to supply the H-1B replacements. The companies could claim they did not apply for H-1B visas and the job shops could claim they had not fired any U.S. workers. Thus, the employer could openly and legally replace their U.S. workforce with H-1B workers. TRW is a fine example of this using a company called Satyam (the Indian Parent). The pay check came from NJ but the HR was in Indian.

Palen IS the worst choice the Republican Party could have convinced John McCain to put in place. They wanted to be historic, while putting the country in the rearview mirror.

We as a public have a responsibility. Hold our Politicians’ to their words.

First of all its "endorsement". Secondly, you suggesting Gen. Powel's vote of confidence was "racism" in fact, makes you sound racist, as if you believe the only reason a man would ever stump for a candidate he likes better is because they are the same color.

Get over it, man. Race doesnt matter in this election. Or at least it shouldnt matter to most Americans. Vote on the PEOPLE and their POLICIES AND CONDUCT. Not on the color of their skin