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Two friends, meeting every Tuesday to learn Italian, were inspired to start this blog after they spent most of their session talking about the upcoming, 2008 U.S. Presidential election. Thus, the Italian name of the blog, "I Politici Falsi" (the fake politicians), refers not to the Italian political arena, but rather the fusion of our love for the Italian language with our concern for US politics (and the fate of this country after the election).

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Obama vs. McCain On Small Business Issues

Provided by Greeks for Obama

John McCain:
-Has a tax plan that favors big corporations instead of small businesses. His plan would reward America's 200 largest corporations with almost $45 billion a year in tax cuts, including $1 billion in tax cuts to each of the eight largest corporations in America, including Exxon.
-Has a health care plan that would undermine the employer-based health care system by eliminating the tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance, a change that 74 percent of members of the National Federation of Independent Business oppose.
- Voted against providing tax credits for small businesses that provide health insurance for their employees
-Voted against providing targeted capital gain cuts for small businesses.
-Voted against $11 billion in tax relief for small businesses.

Barack Obama:
-Will lower taxes for the vast majority of small businesses. According to the Tax Policy Center, nearly 99 percent of small business owners would see no tax increase under the Obama plan.
-Will eliminate all capital gains taxes on small and start-up businesses to encourage innovation and job creation.
-Will offer a refundable Small Business Health Tax credit of up to 50 percent to help small businesses provide quality health insurance to their employees.
-Will provide much-needed relief for high energy costs by granting American workers a $500 emergency energy rebate.
-Will implement the Women-Owned Business contracting program that was signed into law by President Clinton but never implemented by President Bush.
-Will strengthen Small Business Administration programs that provide access to capital to minority-owned businesses.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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