The past eight years in America have brought a steady decline in our economy, our education system, our healthcare system and in our image as a nation worldwide. Yet John McCain says the Bush years have brought a strong and fundamentally stable economy. John McCain does not speak to the heart of working America. For whom is the current US economy strong? With the mortgage crisis moving people from hearth and home, with rising health care costs and rising gas prices forcing choices between buying fuel, food, or medicine just who is McCain talking about?
When asked who is considered rich today, John McCain answered anyone earning 5 million dollars a year. In the McCain world, someone making 4 million dollars a year is merely middle class. Statistically the medium American household income is around $45,000 a year. John McCain is clearly out of touch with average Americans and is not ready to lead a nation he knows so little about.
The scene in the first night of the convention when Barack spoke by video conference to Michelle and his daughters and the convention delegates from the home of a supporter in Kansas City, Missouri was so charming. The closeness of the Obama family was evident. Barack is a family man who understands what families in America live. From the days that he forsook a high-paid job in Wall Street to work in the blighted neighborhoods of Chicago to today as he has crossed America campaigning, Barack Obama has demonstrated that he cares about American families and understands the challenges they live with day in and day out.
Barack Obama has plans for immediate changes to help families with a middle class tax cut that gives 95% of working Americans a tax cut of up to $1,000 and an emergency energy rebate to help folks cope with rising gas prices. He has a plan to offer college students a $4,000 tax cut for tuition in exchange for 100 hours of community service. And Obama will work to raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation. Barack Obama is the clear choice for America and America's families.
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