<p>^^ agreed...</p>
<p>Oh, alright... but just pointing out that the other side is not entirely clueless....</p>
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Bescraze,</p>
<p>Can you imagine the damage when Obama doubles the capital gains tax and changes a few other investment tax laws? This is a death sentence to already floundering Wall Street firms. The profits from every investment, even a house, become worth 15% less overnight. I hope your parents' 401k is all in cash, because if any of it is still in stocks or mutual funds then you might as well have lit a good portion of it on fire if that happens.
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You need to get your facts straight. Obama would only raise the capital gains tax to 20% maximum, which is still less than it was under Clinton. His formal tax plan was outlined in a NYT article about 2 weeks ago. Secondly, under Obama everyone except the top 2% of Americans would be doing better. He is planning on instituting a middle class tax cut and there is no question that his positions on health care and social security benefit those less fortunate and those elderly. Finally, if your in that top income bracket, I think you can afford to pay an extra 30,000 dollars off every million you make. There is something called giving back to your community. Finally, Mcains foreign policy plans are ridiculous, he is a hawk, who seeks to alienate Iran, Russia, and stay in a debilitating war in Iraq. He attacks Obama for wanting to talk to iran, but what kind of substantive progress can ever be made without conversation? His policies are reckless and its important to realize that there are more important things in the world than money, expsecially when Obama will end up making more of it for more people. Not to mention a strong economy benefits everyone and his plans seem best suited to do it.</p>
<p>All I care is that Obama emailed me this morning about his running mate. Imagine that! A personal email from Obama himself! Makes me feel so special....</p>
<p>Seriously, the guy knows how to appeal to his key demographic.
Obama 08.</p>
<p>Did you hear about the text messaging thing? I didn't sign up for it, but it's pretty brilliant.</p>
<p>Yeah that was the same thing (there was an option to receive via text or email). I didn't want to waste my texts. Damn T-mobile.</p>
<p>Well said bescraze... Everyone thinks they're going to be ridiculously taxed when it's only the super wealthy who are going to have to pay more. Plus it's the policies of the "fiscally responsible conservatives" that have taken a crap all over the value of the dollar, increased gas prices, and created a huge deficit. I don't mind giving a little bit more to have the rest of my money be worth something... Oh wait, I wouldn't have to give anymore. The Republicans have really dug themselves into a hole going into the convention... They'll probably just start scaring people ****less again.</p>
<p>Completely ignoring the political argument,
1. Facebook is slightly useful in discussing much of the stuff at Stanford.
2. Regarding political discussion, you'll find that SLE (Structured Liberal Education, where Liberal is not political) encourages a lot of high-quality political dialogue between people living together.
3. Some student proceedings are occasionally covered in the Stanford Daily (freely available online at eponymous redirecting URL). In particular, I remember reading about a particular argument (pro/cons of themed housing) where the lone opposition to some proposition was granted a full and fair hearing before the end of the night. Open-mindedness is pretty big.</p>
<p>I may not be a student at stanford, but from my experiences at Stanford (EPGY and visits) I have been astounded by the humility that resonates amongst the student body. I think an admissions officer at stanford said it best when he said, "Stanford is looking for a humble and hungry student body". Humble and hungry it is.</p>