If Barak becomes president...

If more money is taken away from businesses, large or small, the consumers are the ones who will suffer in the end because businesses will just raise their prices to compensate for their higher taxes.

It is time somebody thought of the middle and working class people, we need more jobs, and we need them now,also we need a whole lot of better health care too. bravo!! I agree totally with you Hatley..I also agree with your comment on the war issue as well actually I can't vote since I'm not a citizen (and never will be actually) but IF I could I would vote for Barack...

I'm glad you can't vote.

Hatley, while I may not agree with what you have written I thank you for your opinion and the way you have presented it. There is no need for mud-slinging here on these posts. We all are giving our opinions, even if they differ. Time will tell how things go in the USA with a new president, whomever that will be.

I have heard way too many things about Obama being Muslim, etc for me to trust him for a split second You dont trust a man simply because he follows a different religious path then you? Dont you think that is a little shameful? I mean especially considering NOT everyone in America is Christian for starters AND the fact that religion SHOULD NOT be brought into politics in the first place...How can you make a solid, wise choice being so closed minded like that? And just a side note..how can you be sure that all of your favourite past presidents were all on the same religious page as you?

No, I won't keep God out of the government. He is what we need more than anything. As long as we keep Him out of the government and other things, this world will continue to suffer greatly. God bless.

Please keep your god out of our govenrment.

Obama is talking about fair taxes not socialism, his plan would simply revert taxes back to what they were in the Clinton days. No one was crying socialism then. The Right is freaking out because the people are finally seeing the light.

I agree with the one above you, its not socialism its simply someone who at last cares about somebody like me, an elderly woman trying to make ends meet on a small social security check, and yes I do not care aboutthe super wealthy and will not boohoo because the poor babies had their taxes raised, most super wealthy inherited their wealth and t heir f orebears were the ones who actually earned it. Why should I have to count pennies when some wealthy stuffed shirt squanders as much as my whole social security check on something ridiculous? I am for Obama, as are a lot of other people.

No, his plan is to over tax the rich, and undertax the poor. That's socialism where everyone makes the same money regardless of occupation. Why should my kids go to college and get a good paying career if they're going to make the same money as a burger flipper at McDonald's?

I agree with you 200% We need to wake up the silent majority, To stand up to fight for what you beleive in. To take back our country from the socialist liberal democrates. Look around you, what do you see. People are losing jobs, Look whats happen to our Big three Auto makers, Companies are closing their doors cause they can't compete with foreign markets. We need to take back our country, stand up and fight. Vote MaCain and Palin

FYI, I'm a poor lower class citizen who's voting for McCain... I feel the same way the original poster did. Obama is a socialist, not a democrat. Stop generalizing.

It's called social justice, not socialism (which is state ownership of the means of production), but that is obviously an alien concept to the loony republican right. What astonishes me is the number of critics of social justice who are themselves poor and struggling; social justice is as much for them as anybody. Talk about brainwashed. Lash

If Obama is a socialist, then what do you call the republicans in office right now, and everyone supporting the bail out. They are privatizing the big corporations profits, and publicizing their loses. That is worse than socialism because the public has to pay for the failures of companies, but then doesn't get reimbursed when they do well.

I do tend to agree with you. I am not crazy about either candidate. Being President of the United States would be a tough job, I believe. It requires a lot of strength of character. I think Obama is going to win the election. It will remain to be seen how he runs the Country and if the middle class ends up paying higher taxes. That is what worries me the most.

I appreciate your positive comment. I believe what you say is true. Lots of countries will be watching this election. I do hope that the American public will choose the best person for the job. I know a lot of people will vote for Obama because they will have their hands out waiting for those freebies that he is promising.

You make some good points bdugas. I agree with your assessment that Obama's "residtribution" plan is taking away money from some people and giving it to others, i.e. the poorer people. That does not make sense to me either. Granted, I do not want poor people to go without their basic needs but I also believe that sometimes they contribute to their own level of poverty. Sometimes it is not their fault. We have programs.... welfare for instance, to help out those in need. I do not agree with Obama's premise that basically states the poor are not getting enough and therefore they need more handouts. Redistribution is definitely a socialist philosophy. When people agree to vote for Obama and he turns this Country into a socialist Country, then we will no longer have democracy and no longer have freedom. Think of the long term effects of not having freedom, pretty scary.

Is that Mare like mare in Italian which means sea or ocean. Pretty name. You are entitled to your opinion. That is democracy. People all over the Country are worried about different things. The economy is one of the biggest problems we have right now. I hope that when Obama becomes President we do not lose the "middle class" and end up with two classes -- the rich and the poor. I think redistribution of wealth will end up costing consumers a lot more money. If Obama takes from the companies that make big bucks, what about grocery stores for instance? They will surely pass along their losses in revenue to their customers in the form of higher prices for groceries. Then we will all suffer except those who get foodstamps.

I agree with you in that "race" will not play an issue in how Obama runs the Country. I wish elections were not based on party lines but on the character and values of the person running for the job. People get all heated up over one candidate or another. I think what the person stands for should be a better yardstick to measure how he/she will do as President. As a person, I think Obama has a good moral character, and I like that in him. However, his "redistribution" policy is what I do not agree with. I would think at every election people say we need "change". Basically if there is a new person in office that seems to me sort of a "change" in itself. What do pro-Democrats mean by "change". What is at the core of their beliefs that they want changed? When it all boils down, do they mostly just want the lower and middle classes to receive free handouts? Is that what they mean by change? Do they want to just pull out of Iraq and have the history books say our great Country was defeated? I really would like a civilized and thoughtful answer to my question. I would like to know the specific issues that make Democrats vote Democrat and what they get from it; I mean how is it going to affect them and what they want from their President. In other words why, specifically, are you voting for Obama? He seems to be the frontrunner in this election. I believe he is going to win. I know that most people who vote for him are voting for him because of what they think they will get with the "change" that he will bring to the Country.

I do believe there are a lot of good African-Americans in the USA who deserve blessings, and I do hope there will not be any attempts to "assassinate" anyone, no matter who becomes president. I do believe that African-American ancestors were wrongly treated and so were the Jews. Something to remember also, no matter who gets elected, Obama has white ancestors on his mother's side, so I am not sure how the African-American forefathers fighting for political freedom would have any negative bearing or effect.