Ok, the economy has been a big one lately for both candidates. Basing this solely on my memory, and a little ignorance as to Sen. McCain's complete stand on it, does anyone know exactly HOW the candidates plan to get the economy going in a positive direction???

The only thing I know, and again, basing solely on memory here, is that Sen. Obama plans to raise the Capital Gains tax. Now, I don't see how that would be conducive with stimulating the economy. Why hasn't anyone (that I know of, anyway) mentioned the effect this will actually have on things??? And how exactly DO we get the economy going in a positive direction??? Why is it going in a "bad" direction??? What is that based on ?? The housing situation/bank situation??? Jobs, or lack of??? Gas prices????

As a side note, DH said to me yesterday that if they really wanted people to use those stimulus checks on purchases, and not savings, they should have issued them in the form of a pre-paid Visa card. Hmmmm, made good sense to me.

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