By Questioning Obamanomics

September 11, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this

Here’s a few… - Senator Obama recently remarked that he would not seek to eliminate President Bush’s tax cuts for fear that their elimination would actually prolong this country’s emergence from its current economic woes/recession. If that’s truly the case, as many economists believe, then why wouldn’t he just renew them as they obviously do benefit our economy? - Southwest Ohio’s economy has been plagued with both large and small, private and publically owned businesses terminating collectively hundreds, if not thousands of jobs locally (including at local newspapers) in the past year because revenues and profits are down. Yet, Senator Obama has shared that he intends to raise corporate tax rates even more. If he does, won’t that put even more pressure on businesses to meet their profit goals, thereby potentially resulting in even more job losses? And, given that much of this country’s job growth is from small businesses, what does he have to say to those business owners who will see their personal income tax rates rise? Won’t they continue to cut back to maintain their current standard of living too? - Senator Obama has all but assured Americans that he will raise capital gains taxes from the current rate of 15% to as high as 28%, a number that he shared earlier this year. Given that, what will he do between now and election day - and thereafter should he win, to assuage any fears that Southwest Ohioan’s may have about seeing their retirement accounts sink further in value due to what many believe will be a significant sell off in stocks by year-end by those wishing to avoid this increase? What tools does he have and/or intend to use, if any, to stop it if it begins? - How can Senator Obama continue to defend going after Oil companies with a windfall profits tax, when even Warren Buffett, one of Senator Obama’s economic advisers, recently shared that it makes little sense?

By School Watcher

September 12, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

A perfect question for Gov Strickland would be why in the 21 months he has been governor has he not yet released a single plan for education reform, but somehow has made time to speak at numerous teacher union rallys and conventions? Strickland has time to blast charter schools but says nothing about the 12 plus public school districts that have been taken over by the State for financial problems. Teacher unions and binding arbitration have been the death sentence to public education in Ohio. No other industry besides teachers are rewarded with excessive pay, 14% paid retirement, automatic raises called “step increases” in addition to regualar raises every year and every holiday paid, and they only work part of the year. Ask Strickland how he plans to fund teacher union deals costing school districts in excess of 8-10% more each year while real taxpayers are being laid off, scaled back and many working with no benefits of their own.