Missed Opportunities

Ok, so I'm commenting pretty late on the debate, but better late than never.

Remember all the times that "Joe the Plumber" was been used as a political tool by both Obama and McCain? Well there was one charge that Joe (Sam) Wurzelbacher would have to pay higher taxes under Obama's plan of getting rid of the Bush tax shelters for folks making above 200K for individuals 250K for businesses. This is what Obama FAILED TO SAY:

He has this plan for business who create jobs in America. $3000 per American job created. So if Joe the Plumber ends up buying up that business and being in that bracket, he ends up coughing up another 900 a year, but HERE'S THE CLINCHER. If 5 net jobs are created from his business, if this tax credit thing goes through, ole Joey can enjoy another $15,000 that year. 15,000 minus 900 is 14,100. I wish this plan went beyond 2010.

On that same note, this is going to cost 60 billion dollars. How do you pay for it?

In a dream situation Barack Obama would just outright say that we have too many foreign bases around the world that we don't need to maintain. It's an unnecessary expense, but if he came out and said that the military special interests would be on his ass till kingdom come, and he'd be painted as anti-military. However, that's one way to pay for this tax credit, another opportunity missed by Barack Obama.

Here's another idea that Obama should've been talking about in paying for this tax credit. Rather than putting more new money into all these alternative fuels like Obama wants to do, let's redirect those oil and natural gas subsidies and use that money instead of driving the budget further into the hole. Obama could've built some fiscal conservative cred with this idea, but here again, another missed opportunity.

Another thing, Barack. Why the hell did you even spit that "spread the wealth" nonsense? Now you've thrown McCain and company a huge "socialist" bone. From what I've heard New Hampshire is a "don't spend what you ain't got" state, and McCain's headed that way to plead his case. You've got some explaining to do out there, because if the "socialism" thing stick out there, you're gonna' need Nevada to stay alive if Virginia and Florida go belly up.

There's a lot of opportunities that Barack Obama has missed to put this election away once and for all. It was his problem in the primaries, and it's becoming a growing concern in the general election. I'm worried he might let it slide too far this time, and that's why I'm CAUTIOUSLY optimistic about where the polls stand now.

Democrats have a history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I'd hate for them to come this far only to sing this song again...