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Republican IT Specialist Dies in Plane Crash

A top Republican internet strategist who was set to testify in a case alleging election tampering in 2004 in Ohio has died in a plane crash. Mike Connell was the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove and created websites for the Bush and McCain electoral campaigns. He also set up the official Ohio state election website reporting the 2004 presidential election returns.

Connell was reportedly an experienced pilot. He died instantly Friday night when his private plane crashed in a residential neighborhood near Akron, Ohio.

Michael Connell was deposed one day before the election this year by attorneys Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis about his actions during the 2004 vote count and his access to Karl Rove’s email files and how they went missing.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/22/republican_it_specialist_dies_in_plane

MARK CRISPIN MILLER: “Well, I cannot assert with perfect confidence that this was no accident, but I will say that the circumstances are so suspicious and so convenient for Rove and the White House that I think we’re obliged to investigate this thing very, very thoroughly. And that means, first of all, taking a close look at some of the stories that were immediately circulated to account for what happened, that it was bad weather. That was the line they used when Wellstone’s plane went down. There had been bad weather, but it had passed two hours before. And this comes from a woman at the airport information desk in Akron. We’re told that his plane was running out of gas, which is a little bit odd for a highly experienced pilot like Connell, but apparently, when the plane went down, there was an explosion, a fireball that actually charred and pocked some of the house fronts in the neighborhood……all these people were saying Rove is making threats, the White House is very worried..”

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GOP Internet Stategist Dies in Plane Crash Before Testimony: Was this just a “Coincidence” OR?

Here is what Snopes.com says about the email on Obama’s tax changes…

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taxes.asp

Now here is the truth

Economic policy

Obama’s current economic advisors are Austan Goolsbee of the University of Chicago and Jeffrey Liebman of Harvard University.[2]

Obama wrote: “We should be asking ourselves what mix of policies will lead to a dynamic free market and widespread economic security, entrepreneurial innovation and upward mobility [...] we should be guided by what works.”[3] Speaking before the National Press Club in April 2005, he defended the New Deal social welfare policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, associating Republican proposals to establish private accounts for Social Security with Social Darwinism.[4]
STILL WANT TO PRIVATIZE Social Security WITH WHAT HAPPENED ON WALL STREET… McCAIN DOES

So what does Obama want to do about it. SEE Wikipedia below

On April 20, 2007, Obama introduced a bill in the Senate (Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act – S. 1181) requiring public companies to give shareholders an annual nonbinding vote on executive compensation, popularly called “Say on pay.” A companion bill introduced by Rep. Barney Frank passed the House the same day.[6] Several corporations voluntarily have begun to give shareholders such a vote because of concerns about excessive CEO salaries. Some critics have said that the federal law would interfere with the traditional state oversight over corporate governance.[7]

Federal tax change in 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama#Economic_policy

McCain Obama
Income Change Change
in average in average
tax bill tax bill

Over $2.9M -$269,364 +$701,885
$603K and up -$45,361 +$115,974
$227K-$603K -$7,871 +$12
$161K-$227K -$4,380 -$2,789
$112K-$161K -$2,614 -$2,204
$66K-$112K -$1,009 -$1,290
$38K-$66K -$319 -$1,042
$19K-$38K -$113 -$892
Under $19K -$19 -$567
CNN,[52][53] Tax Policy Center,[54]
BarackObama.com,[55] JohnMcCain.com[

Obama has proposed a tax plan which includes an $80 billion tax cut for poor and middle-class families and repeal the tax cuts for the richest one percent of taxpayers. His tax plan calls for billions in breaks by nixing income taxes for the 7 million senior citizens making less than $50,000 a year, establishing a universal credit for the 10 million homeowners who do not itemize their deductions -- most of whom make less than $50,000 annually -- and providing 150 million Americans with tax cuts of up to $1,000. Persons making at least $250,000 or more would pay payroll tax on their entire income, as opposed to the first $102,000[57][58] and would see their capital gains tax increase from 15% to 20%. [59] Obama spoke out in June 2006 against making recent, temporary estate tax cuts permanent, calling the cuts a “Paris Hilton” tax break for “billionaire heirs and heiresses.”[60] Speaking in November 2006 to members of Wake Up Wal-Mart, a union-backed campaign group, Obama said: “You need to pay your workers enough that they can actually not only shop at Wal-Mart, but ultimately send their kids to college and save for retirement.” His tax plan would bring in an additional $700 billion in taxes over the next 10 years.[61]

In The Audacity of Hope and the Blueprint for Change[62] Obama advocates responding to the “precarious budget situation” by eliminating “tax credits that have outlived their usefulness”, closing corporate tax loopholes, and restoring the PAYGO policy that prohibits increases in federal spending without a way to compensate for the lost revenue.[63]

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Do you still believe that Obama wants to tax the heck out of everybody?