To: McCain Staffers Subject: Talking Points for the Next Presidential Debates

Have McCain memorize this:

--When Obama says he'll cut taxes for 95%

Obama's plan is a bribery scheme. He's offering tax credits not actual tax cuts. Essentially his message is "vote for me and I'll everyone $500". Half the people getting this "tax cut" won't even be paying taxes in the first place. This isn't leadership. This shows that Obama will say anything to win and has adopted an economically unsound tax policy. McCain on the other hand will cut taxes for working families.

--When Obama busts out "tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas" for the 12,637th time in his career.

Companies don't send jobs overseas because they are given tax breaks, they send jobs overseas because its cheaper to produce a shoe in Brazil than a shoe in America. Besides, outsourcing only accounts for 2% of actual job losses in this country, the rest being relocated to other states that have less unionization and lower taxes. If Obama was genuinely interested in saving these jobs, he'd offer to reduce our crippling business tax rate of 35%, the second highest in the world. Instead, he says he'll raise taxes on American business, leaving American workers to take the hit when they don't have enough money to succeed.

--When Obama mutters something that sounds vaguely protectionist

Obama, doesn't want to say it, but he wants to impose protectionist policies that will only serve to hurt American exports in these dire economic times. The last time we raised taxes and tarrifs simultaneously during an economic downturn we had a great depression.

--When Obama goes off on taxing the rich

Well, as recently as last March Obama voted to raise taxes on the middle class. That is a fact, but lets get to what he's saying. When Obama says taxing the "rich", he's really talking about imposing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tax increases on small businesses and investments. In other words, the things that keep this economy moving. We just can't afford Obama's crippling tax increases during an economic downturn.

--When Obama talks about saving Social Security

The fact is is that even if we enacted his enormous social security tax increases, it would only solve about 25% of the expected shortfall.

--When Obama talks about health care

Obama's plan is hugely expensive but does not do anything to address the root of the problem, the rising cost of health care. Before we have a takeover of healthcare by the same government who created the Fannie/Freddy mess, we need health care reform that eliminates perverse tax incentives and enhances competition in a manner that will keep health care costs down.

--When Obama says we can't drill our way out of this

Of course we can't. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't so long as it is part of an all of the above energy plan that includes clean/liquified coal, nuclear power, and oil shale exploration, all of which Obama opposes.