McCain's Looks Old and Appears Reckless

If you've seen pictures of John McCain recently, you'll notice that that man looks tired, old, and slow. It is apparent that the long campaign is taking a toll on McCain. He seems to be messing up with his words, slow to respond to questions, and just plain exhausted. Your typical 72 year old man, let alone a man who has had bouts of cancer, cannot endure the travel, meetings, speeches, and rigors of a busy campaign.

McCain's pick of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate also indicates something about McCain---- he is reckless and not very thorough. It looks like his campaign did not fully check out the background of Sarah Palin. Every single day there is a new revelation about Palin's background, associations, and family life.

In the past, when McCain had been ill, the public was notified weeks later. Is McCain feeling well now? Has his slowdown and apparent missteps been the results of his lack of attention, poor health, or just plain recklessness?

McCain and Bush think the economy is perfect. However, they don't pump their own gas, buy their own groceries, or shop for their own clothing. They are clearly out of touch.

Here are Obama's economic plans to help the middle class:

Jumpstart the Economy

• Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families:Barack Obama will enact a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company profits to give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising bills. This relief would be a down payment on Obama's long-term plan to provide middle-class families with at least $1,000 per year in permanent tax relief.
• Provide $50 billion to Jumpstart the Economy and Prevent 1 Million Americans from Losing Their Jobs: This relief would include a $25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts in health, education, housing, and heating assistance or counterproductive increases in property taxes, tolls or fees. Obama’s relief plan will also include $25 billion in a Jobs and Growth Fund to prevent cutbacks in road and bridge maintenance and fund school re­pair - all to save more than 1 million jobs in danger of being cut.

Provide Middle Class Americans Tax Relief

Obama will cut income taxes by $1,000 for working families to offset the payroll tax they pay.

• Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families: Obama will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers the tax relief they need. Obama will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit will completely eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans.
• Eliminate Income Taxes for Seniors Making Less than $50,000: Barack Obama will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This proposal will eliminate income taxes for 7 million seniors and provide these seniors with an average savings of $1,400 each year. Under the Obama plan, 27 million American seniors will also not need to file an income tax return.
• Simplify Tax Filings for Middle Class Americans: Obama will dramatically simplify tax filings so that millions of Americans will be able to do their taxes in less than five minutes. Obama will ensure that the IRS uses the information it already gets from banks and employers to give taxpayers the option of pre-filled tax forms to verify, sign and return. Experts estimate that the Obama proposal will save Americans up to 200 million total hours of work and aggravation and up to $2 billion in tax preparer fees.

>>>>> Sounds good to me!!!!! If Obama wins, we'll need more Democrats in the House and the Senate to get things done. Support Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden and your local Democrats for the change we need.