Re: Barack 2008!
New strategy for Obama to promote policy awareness and to gather support:
From: Obama for America [mailto:info@barackobama.com]
Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2008 7:36 AM
We're proud to announce a new way to get involved in this movement for change:
Small Business for Barack Obama.
In times of economic uncertainty,
it's more important than ever that small businesses have everything they need to thrive. American small businesses will be a key part of our nation's economic recovery, and we are doing all we can to let their voices be heard.
Across the nation,
more than 25 million local entrepreneurs and employers are creating jobs and opportunities. Small businesses keep communities growing, foster innovations that change the world, and sustain the American promise generation after generation.
But in the last eight years, Bush-McCain economic policies have
driven up the costs of health care and energy, and
given tax breaks to multinational corporations that ship jobs overseas.
Barack Obama will cut taxes on American small businesses with a Small Business Health Tax Credit that stands to cut employee health care premium costs by half. He will eliminate all capital gains taxes for small and start-up firms, and offer a $500 "Making Work Pay" tax credit for employees.
And Barack wants to make sure opportunities reach every community. He is committed to
broadening access to capital and contracting opportunities for women- and minority-owned small businesses.
John McCain's record on small business is clear.
He voted against $11 billion in tax relief for small businesses, against tax credits that provide health insurance for employees, and against targeted cuts in the capital gains tax for small businesses.
His economic plan would reward America's
200 largest corporations with almost
$45 billion each year in tax cuts.
And it would -- for the first time in history -- tax employee health premiums.
It's time to bring change to Washington and invest in the small businesses that are the foundation of our economy.
Sign up with Small Business for Obama today:
http://my.barackobama.com/SmallBusiness
As Barack said, "We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by
whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or
whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off to look after a sick kid without losing her job-- an economy that honors the dignity of work."
We need your support to grow this movement for change.
Thanks,
Obama for America