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==Money issues==

==Money issues==

====Making money====

===Wall Street===

 

===Making money===

'''John Edwards, former United States Senator'''

'''John Edwards, former United States Senator'''

To date, all of Moore's films and books have amassed more than $300,000,000 in profits due to America's capitalist system; one, ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' - a film suggesting the United States Government caused the events of September 11, 2001 - earned more than $200,000,000 alone. [http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54833]

To date, all of Moore's films and books have amassed more than $300,000,000 in profits due to America's capitalist system; one, ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' - a film suggesting the United States Government caused the events of September 11, 2001 - earned more than $200,000,000 alone. [http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54833]

====Taking money (taxation)====

===Taking money (taxation)===

In 2001 the state legislature and many liberals in Arkansas clamored for Republican governor [[Mike Huckabee]] to raise taxes to shore up an estimated $142 million budget deficit.  In response, Huckabee created the "Tax Me More" Fund, in which liberals who feel they are guilty of not contributing more to the government can voluntarily do so and, according to spokesman Rick Nelson, "assuage their guilt".  "We share responsibility for the [budget] fiasco," said state Senator John Riggs, a Democrat who represents Little Rock. "I am responsible for my actions and am as guilty as everyone else for letting the governor's budget go through."

In 2001 the state legislature and many liberals in Arkansas clamored for Republican governor [[Mike Huckabee]] to raise taxes to shore up an estimated $142 million budget deficit.  In response, Huckabee created the "Tax Me More" Fund, in which liberals who feel they are guilty of not contributing more to the government can voluntarily do so and, according to spokesman Rick Nelson, "assuage their guilt".  "We share responsibility for the [budget] fiasco," said state Senator John Riggs, a Democrat who represents Little Rock. "I am responsible for my actions and am as guilty as everyone else for letting the governor's budget go through."

Riggs ponied up $100 for the fund.  One week after implementing the fund at the end of November 2001, the fund amounted to $260.  By the following April, the amount was between $2,000-$3,000. The program ended in June, 2002.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40100,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/1/22/182422.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/3/171750.shtml][http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/08/politics/main548369.shtml][http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1620</ref>

Riggs ponied up $100 for the fund.  One week after implementing the fund at the end of November 2001, the fund amounted to $260.  By the following April, the amount was between $2,000-$3,000. The program ended in June, 2002.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40100,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/1/22/182422.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/3/171750.shtml][http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/08/politics/main548369.shtml][http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1620</ref>

====Taking taxes while avoiding them====

===Taking taxes while avoiding them===

[[File:6da852 Boat 07232010.jpg|right|200px|thumb|John Kerry's ''Isabel''; he doesn't have to pay the sales tax on it.]]

[[File:6da852 Boat 07232010.jpg|right|200px|thumb|John Kerry's ''Isabel''; he doesn't have to pay the sales tax on it.]]

Senator John Kerry is on record as having raised taxes on the wealthy, as well as fighting the cutting of those taxes.  It was revealed that Kerry bought a luxury yacht - the ''Isabel'' - a 76-foot New Zealand-built sloop designed by Ted Fontaine, with an Edwardian-style interior, complete with wet bar, wine storage, and VIP cabins.  He paid $7 million for the boat, and would have had to pay over $435,000 dollars and a $70,000 annual excise tax to Massachusetts, the state he represents and calls home.<ref name="skiptaxes">[http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698 Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax]</ref>

Senator John Kerry is on record as having raised taxes on the wealthy, as well as fighting the cutting of those taxes.  It was revealed that Kerry bought a luxury yacht - the ''Isabel'' - a 76-foot New Zealand-built sloop designed by Ted Fontaine, with an Edwardian-style interior, complete with wet bar, wine storage, and VIP cabins.  He paid $7 million for the boat, and would have had to pay over $435,000 dollars and a $70,000 annual excise tax to Massachusetts, the state he represents and calls home.<ref name="skiptaxes">[http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698 Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax]</ref>

Kerry purchased, and most importantly - ''ported'' - the yacht in Rhode Island, where he's aware of the 1993 repeal of the Boat Sales and Use Tax.  He won't have to pay a dime in taxes for his new toy.

Kerry purchased, and most importantly - ''ported'' - the yacht in Rhode Island, where he's aware of the 1993 repeal of the Boat Sales and Use Tax.  He won't have to pay a dime in taxes for his new toy.

====Spending Money====

===Spending Money===

Liberal Democrats decry the amount of money [[America]] has added to the budget deficit, blaming [[President Bush]],<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.deficit29jul29,0,7585058.story?track=rss  Record budget deficit predicted] LATimes, July 29, 2008</ref>  then refuse to pass an [[earmark]] moratorium to limit government spending.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/earmark.vote/  Senate rejects earmark moratorium] CNN, March 14, 2008</ref>

Liberal Democrats decry the amount of money [[America]] has added to the budget deficit, blaming [[President Bush]],<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.deficit29jul29,0,7585058.story?track=rss  Record budget deficit predicted] LATimes, July 29, 2008</ref>  then refuse to pass an [[earmark]] moratorium to limit government spending.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/earmark.vote/  Senate rejects earmark moratorium] CNN, March 14, 2008</ref>

====No to gas-tax holiday====

===No to gas-tax holiday===

For the privileged [[Democrat]]ic committee members, the last four months has been a tax-free gas fill-up in Colorado, home of the [[Presidential]] convention. Since Denver's municipal [[gas]] pumps are tax-free, Democrats made frequent use of the city's resources. These are the same Democrats that have refused the tax-break holiday for the American people. It is not a good for everyone, just a few select [[liberal]] people.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/23/report-democratic-conventions-host-getting-tax-free-gas/ Democratic Convention’s Hosts Getting Tax-Free Gas] Fox News July 23, 2008</ref>

For the privileged [[Democrat]]ic committee members, the last four months has been a tax-free gas fill-up in Colorado, home of the [[Presidential]] convention. Since Denver's municipal [[gas]] pumps are tax-free, Democrats made frequent use of the city's resources. These are the same Democrats that have refused the tax-break holiday for the American people. It is not a good for everyone, just a few select [[liberal]] people.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/23/report-democratic-conventions-host-getting-tax-free-gas/ Democratic Convention’s Hosts Getting Tax-Free Gas] Fox News July 23, 2008</ref>

====Equality Earnings====

===Equality Earnings===

Senate Democrats hold hearings on the pay equality for women, blame McCain. All the while, Obama is not criticized for paying over $12,000 more for male staffers than women staffers. McCain's campaign actually pays 24% more to women than does Obama.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35972 Obama Pays Women Only 78 Percent of What He Pays Men] CNSNews, September 18, 2008</ref> For every dollar that Joe Biden paid his average male staffer, his female equivalent made only 73 cents.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjE3OWVmZjkzN2YyNDgzOGFjMGE1ZDg4YjE0ZjQ4NDc= Biden Bucks His Equity Talk] National Review Online, September 24, 2008</ref>

Senate Democrats hold hearings on the pay equality for women, blame McCain. All the while, Obama is not criticized for paying over $12,000 more for male staffers than women staffers. McCain's campaign actually pays 24% more to women than does Obama.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35972 Obama Pays Women Only 78 Percent of What He Pays Men] CNSNews, September 18, 2008</ref> For every dollar that Joe Biden paid his average male staffer, his female equivalent made only 73 cents.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjE3OWVmZjkzN2YyNDgzOGFjMGE1ZDg4YjE0ZjQ4NDc= Biden Bucks His Equity Talk] National Review Online, September 24, 2008</ref>

====The hounding of the dead====

===The hounding of the dead===

Senator [[Charles Schumer]] wants an investigation into whether or not credit card companies are demanding that relatives of deceased card holders pay the bills.  "These companies call surviving relatives, often shortly after the death of a loved one, to coax or cajole them into making payments on the deceased relative's credit card," Schumer said in a recent email sent to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jon Leibowitz. "To say the least, this practice is distasteful and unethical. Moreover, this practice may very well violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_bi_ge/debt_collectors_deceased_1].

Senator [[Charles Schumer]] wants an investigation into whether or not credit card companies are demanding that relatives of deceased card holders pay the bills.  "These companies call surviving relatives, often shortly after the death of a loved one, to coax or cajole them into making payments on the deceased relative's credit card," Schumer said in a recent email sent to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jon Leibowitz. "To say the least, this practice is distasteful and unethical. Moreover, this practice may very well violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_bi_ge/debt_collectors_deceased_1].