Taxes, Healthcare, Education: Obama vs McCain

There are many differences between Obama and McCain with every conversation regarding politics I get into there are so many “he said” – “he said” Below are excerpts from both candidates convention speeches. I did not go through them word for word to pull out this information I just copied parts and put it here.

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Taxes Obama said he would:

• Cut taxes for 95 percent of all working families.

• Eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow.

• Advocate a tax code that doesn’t reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it.

• Stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas and start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.

Taxes McCain said he would:

• Keep taxes low and cut them where he could.

• Double the child tax exemption from $3,500 to $7,000.

• Cut the business tax rate to help American companies compete and keep jobs from moving overseas.

Health care Obama said he would:

• Finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American.

• Lower premiums for those who have health care and let those without coverage get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.

• Make sure insurance companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.

Health care McCain said he would:

• Make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance.

Gay rights Obama said he would:

• Help ensure that gays and lesbians have the right to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination.

Gay rights McCain said nothing.

Energy Obama said he would:

• Set a goal that in 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

• Tap natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology and find ways to safely harness nuclear power.

• Help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America.

• Make it easier for Americans to afford U.S.-built, fuel-efficient cars.

• Have the federal government invest $150 billion over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy — wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels. Doing so, he said, would lead to new industries and 5 million new jobs that pay well and can’t ever be outsourced.

Energy McCain said he would have the United States:

• Produce more energy at home.

• Drill new wells offshore.

• Build more nuclear power plants.

• Develop clean coal technology.

• Increase the use of wind, tide, solar and natural gas.

• Encourage the development and use of flex fuel, hybrid and electric automobiles.

Education Obama said he would:

• Finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education.

• Find more money for early childhood education and recruit teachers with better pay while also pushing higher standards and more accountability.

• Make sure young Americans can afford college if they serve their community or country.

Education McCain said he would:

• Make schools answer to parents and students.

Foreign relations Obama said he would:

• Restore our moral standing in the world.

• Provide tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression.

• Build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation, poverty and genocide, climate change and disease.

Foreign relations McCain said:

• A serious blow has been dealt to al Qaeda, but the terror network has not been defeated and will strike again if able.