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Those poor folks at getdrunkandgagdownMcSame are having a rough day-- already up to a 6 martooni day... :wink: :lol:
First it was no timetable- until Maliki said he liked Obamas timetable- and then old McSame liked it too....
Now daily McCain is accepting that his policy is not workable or being accepted by the general public- and ends up coming back to echo proposals in Obama's policy...
I wonder when he will change his health care plan too :???:
First it was no timetable- until Maliki said he liked Obamas timetable- and then old McSame liked it too....
Now daily McCain is accepting that his policy is not workable or being accepted by the general public- and ends up coming back to echo proposals in Obama's policy...
I wonder when he will change his health care plan too :???:
McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge
By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.
McCain’s shift has come in stages, catching some Republicans by surprise. Speaking with reporters on his campaign bus on July 9, he cited a need to shore up Social Security. “I cannot tell you what I would do, except to put everything on the table,” he said.
He went a step farther Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” in response to a question about payroll tax increases.
“There is nothing that’s off the table. I have my positions, and I’ll articulate them. But nothing’s off the table,” McCain said. “I don’t want tax increases. But that doesn’t mean that anything is off the table.”
That comment drew a strong response this week from the Club for Growth, a Washington anti-tax group. McCain’s comments, the group said in a letter to the Arizona senator, are “shocking because you have been adamant in your opposition to raising taxes under any circumstances.”
Indeed, McCain frequently has promised not to raise taxes.
At a July 7 town-hall meeting in Denver, he said voters faced a stark choice between him and Democrat Barack Obama.
“Sen. Obama will raise your taxes,” McCain said. “I won’t.”
In a March 16 interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, McCain said he would cut taxes where possible, and not raise them.
“Do you mean none?” Hannity asked.
“None,” McCain replied…
Asked for an explanation of McCain’s latest comments, campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said the Arizona senator “has a clear and demonstrated record of opposing tax increases. John McCain is going to cut taxes” and improve government discipline, he said…
McCain: Wall Street Is The Housing Villain
July 29th, 2008
From ABC News:
ABC News’ Mary Bruce reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blamed Wall Street this weekend for the failing economy. “I think that Wall Street is the villain in the things that happened in the subprime lending crisis and other areas where investigations and possible prosecution is going on,” McCain said in an exclusive “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos.
McCain also placed responsibility on a “gridlocked” Congress. “I also think that Congress is at fault. We didn’t restrain spending. Spending got completely out of control,” he said.
When asked about Congress’ progress in passing the housing bill, McCain said he would have voted for the legislation, but noted, “I also see, again, the influence of special interests.” When pressed about why he would support it, McCain explained, “it’s better than nothing.”
“I think there was a better way to do it. And I think the special interests probably played a role in the shaping of that legislation,” he said.
McCain reluctantly offered support for the controversial provision that would enable federal aid for faltering private institutions, such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. “We reached such a situation that, if these institutions failed, the impact on millions of innocent Americans could be very severe,” he said. He noted, however, that “in the case of Fannie and Freddie, we should stop their lobbying activities. We should eliminate the pay and bonuses that these people rake in.”
McCain agreed with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., supporter Robert Reich who, along with Republican columnist George Will, has proposed that executives at institutions receiving government guarantees should receive government salaries. “That’s exactly right,” McCain said. As Reich explained to Newsweek, “Surely there will be more failures or near failures of financial institutions in the coming months, and American taxpayers will once again be called on to insure their solvency. The important question is what conditions should be applied?” …
McCain also agreed with Reich that the government should “absolutely” get stock of the private organizations in such instances so that taxpayers can benefit.
On controlling energy costs, McCain highlighted his continued belief that consumers would benefit from a gas tax holiday, despite opposition from economists. When asked about concerns that oil and gas companies would reap the benefit, he said, “We wouldn’t let it happen … Americans wouldn’t let them absorb that.” When pressed further about how he would prevent it, McCain explained, “We would make them shamed into it. We, of course, know how to — American public opinion. And we would penalize them, if necessary.”