Taxes!!!

[jagmagic]

Just Curious,

Which presidential candidate has a tax policy that you think may help the industry more?

Are most of you demecrats or republicans???

I'm a proud republican, and will more than likely be voting for Bush/Chaney. I'm not asking for all your political spins, just simply where you stand from a business point of view...

[Mo Green]

I'm neither a republican nor a democrat. I'm an AMERICAN. I think dedicating yourself to only one party is a very dangerous thing. As for the current candidates - they all suck. They are all about their own personal gain way before they are about what is right for any individual or this country. No one is honest any more. Integrity has gone down the tubes.

[nick11380]

Repubicans are for the business owners.

Demecrates want to tax businesses into bankruptcy then give the money to people who are employees that work for mimimum wage.

[jagmagic]

Thanks for the responses guys, I do tend to agree with you Nick. I never said I was commited to one party, what I said was I am republican and will probably be voting for Bush/Chaney. I would vote for a demacrat if a candidate from that party came forward with a few decent points of view.

The basic idea of the Democrats at least in this election is to steel from the rich and give to the lazy...

So MoGreen I think you must have some type of political ideals or you would not have left a reply to this post. Integrity in politics is not gone. For you to call yourself an american and then belittle the very people who make us the americans we are is fairly hypocritical. I definatally agree that politics are not perfect, however the choices are very different and very important. The integrity appears lost because they (the polititions) are preying on the stupidity of the average american who will believe and repeat the best headline without doing any homework or research to find the truth behind it.

[Mo Green]

Who did I belittle? We make ourselves Americans, politicians don't make us americans. if you think they do, then please explain. Speaking of belittling, isn't that what you just did by saying average americans are stupid? I consider myself an average american, and I dont feel that I am stupid.

What I meant by being dangerous to only subscribe to one parties ideals is, that if you follow a party in everything it does and you don't think outside the box for yourself once in a while, then you are nothing more than a sheep. Republicans will agree with Repulicans just because they are Republicans and not because they neccessarily feel the same. Same for the Democrats.

In my opinion, that is not good. I respect all politicians to a point. I think it's great that they give their time to help run this country, but if you don't think that they run for the positions for some personal gain, then you are crazy. That is what I mean when I say that there is no more integrity. This has become a "what's in it for me" society. Being a congressman or senator used to be a non paid position. It was an honor to serve your country this way. Now they can vote for raises for themselves. I could go on and on about this... but I won't.

[nick11380]

Whether the average American is stupid or not can be debated.
If your a business owner your not average. Your above average.

Stupid is working a low paying job and living off the system & retiring broke and living off the system.

[PTLlandscapingIL]

IM voting bush and reason being he is very for small business,such as LLC'S AND HAS A NEW PLAN TO GIVE SMALL BUSINESS BETTER INSURANCE PLANS FOR THERE EMPLOYEES

[jagmagic]

Thanks for the responses guys. I do tend to agree that Bush will help small business more than kerry, especially after watching the debates.

Please anyone else feel free to us this post to air your ideas. If anyone has anything to add, we would all like to hear opposing views.

Thanks,
Joe

[pride]

Kerry makes more sense, his energy plan is more attainable thus giving fuel costs a break and that's where it affects us.

[clclawn]

pride, I was going to stay out of this one, but after your comment i had to jump in. Non of this is personaly directed to you, but pay attention.

1. His energy plan will not save us money on fuel. He is one of the main sen. holding us back from drilling in the gulf of mexico, and alaska. He is also the same sen. who tried to raise the gas tax by 50cents or a buck per gallon.
how dose that save money.

2 This is the same sen to vote to raise taxes 98 times.

3 he wants us to join that agreement with all the sociolist contries to stop pollution. do you have any idea what that will do to the cost of fuel to make it cleaner. how much more will our weedeaters, mowers and trucks cost to reduse the minimal amount of polution.

You may want to rethink your whole idea.

[The Breeze]

Just a bit of simple realism.

Bush will bomb the terrorist.
Kerry will bomb your business!

Cast your vote people!!!

[jagmagic]

These are great...

I had forgotten about the gas tax Kerry tried to push. This is why I started this thread so everyone could air out opinions. If anyone has any reasons to vote for Kerry, please bring them forward. As of right now I can't find any real reason anyone should vote for him, oh, except that the leader of Iran said he would welcome John Kerry's plan to give nuke power to Iran...

It's hard to protray sarcazm in a short thread, but what kind of Bonehead idea is that. We don't want them to have nukes or the materials to produce weapons, so why not GIVE them exactly the materials they need to make weapons. Is it just me or is this the stupidest thing you have heard thus far into the election?


Thanks all,
Joe

[drayb307]

Is political affiliation hereditary? Hmmm.... I think I'm supposed to be a Republican. Personally though, I'll vote for whoever I think can do the job. At least, that's the way I used to vote. Now-a-days it seems like I'm voting for the one who'll do the least damage(Sigh). Oh well, I guess it'll be Bush/Cheney.

[jschlenker]

from a human living in america:

bush took a record surplus from the clinton era to a record deficit (still growing) and who will pay for it? not the rich but the middle class working men (and business owners, we are working men too). sure bush gave a big tax break but the rich got way more what you and I got was just a pacifier.

with the deficit as it is either candidate will have to raise taxes, so who is at blame--he who trys to fix the problem or he who caused it?

also--do you guys care about the environment? I do, and don't mind using cleaner equipment because I breathe some of what comes out of those engines every day.

[clclawn]

from a human living in america:

bush took a record surplus from the clinton era to a record deficit (still growing) and who will pay for it? not the rich but the middle class working men (and business owners, we are working men too). sure bush gave a big tax break but the rich got way more what you and I got was just a pacifier.

with the deficit as it is either candidate will have to raise taxes, so who is at blame--he who trys to fix the problem or he who caused it?

also--do you guys care about the environment? I do, and don't mind using cleaner equipment because I breathe some of what comes out of those engines every day.

1 The stock market was falling fast long befor bush took office, the economy was a result of the bubble.

2 do you work for the rich or poor. most of my customers are on the wealthy side, the more they have to spend on landscaping the better.

3 I saved 3 grand over the year before, Seems to be helping me.

4 the deficit will correct its self as the economy getts better. also with all of kerrys spending plans, he will have to raise taxes on everyone, not just the rich. Third, where do you get the right to put the purdon mostly on the rich. they work as hard as us or harded. next time i need a new weedeater because mine broke, i'll just go find a bigger lawn company and take theres, they can afford it.

5 better enviornment at what cost. Not destroy, or be recless, but by your thinking we should be back in the stone age. The point of my coment was not about being responsible, we all should be, but to sign the agreement with the sociolist contries will desroy our industry and country.