Talk:Political positions of John McCain/Archive 3

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Space Program

I added a blurb about McCain's opioion on the space program since Obama's article had a blurb about it. Information came from here and here.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkkeith (talk • contribs) 20:11, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Tax Cuts

An annon recently added a small vandilsm in this section that needs to be removed. I cannot because I will be reported to 3RR. (even though it is completley unrelated) Arzel (talk) 04:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:3RR doesn't apply to vandalism. Oren0 (talk) 04:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

The tax section contains a graphic showing tax cuts for those earning less than $19,000. This seems very dubious as people earnings these amounts rarely play taxes. Are we talking about tax credits? Welfare? Isn't it a fact that 40% of the population doesn't pay any taxes? So how is it possible to have a tax cut for 95% of the population? (Wallamoose (talk) 23:31, 13 September 2008 (UTC))

If we are referring to the table entitled "Federal tax changes in 2009", I don't believe it should be included. This article is about John McCain's political positions and not comparisons to other current presidential candidates. The proper place for this table is Comparison of United States presidential candidates, 2008 where it already exists. I propose that this table be removed, or at least the comparison to other candidates. JenWSU (talk) 17:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

I have not seen any objection to my proposal, so I have removed the table. If there are any disagreements please voice them here. JenWSU (talk) 14:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I returned the tax table. There was no consensus to remove it. The table is a CNN table, and to selectively remove parts of it would not be a good idea. --Timeshifter (talk) 16:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I still believe that this table is not appropriate in this article, but is appropriate in the Comparison of United States presidential candidates, 2008. More discussion is necessary to decide whether this should be included. Does anyone have anything to add? Thanks. JenWSU (talk) 17:23, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I think it should stay. It makes his economic plans clear, and the comparison to Obama gives them scale. AzureFury (talk | contribs) 17:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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Regulation of secondary mortgage

I posted this but it was removed for unknown reasons:

S.190 was a bill to address the regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises, and for other purposes. introduced January 2005 McCain was a co-sponcer

ttp://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN00190:@@@P

Can someone pull up the congressional record of this quote from McCain seems the congressional records are bugged or doesn’t go back very far: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r110query.html

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/05crpgs.html (bugged)

http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Speeches&ContentRecordType_id=1eaaf04e-178c-488c-912e-38b50ac105b2&Region_id=&Issue_id=&MonthDisplay=1&YearDisplay=2005 (shows 15 speeches but none show up... bugged) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OxAO (talk • contribs) 21:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

McCain's speech on the Senate floor during debate of Federal Housing Regulatory Act Of 2005:

“OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay. I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.”

Thank you

OxAO (talk) 20:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Immigration stance

Does anyone still have problems with this? Can we remove to flag?

The article doesnt clarify what his stance is. And many articles outside from wikipedia differ from what is saiid in here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.38.16.227 (talk) 20:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Picture

Seriously? Is that the best picture of John McCain to be found? 75.2.218.91 (talk) 02:02, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

No, but someone was looking for variety and didn't want to use the standard photos used in the other McCain articles. Wasted Time R (talk) 21:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Serious Revamp

This article could use a serious revamp. It reads as though it is exclusively about John McCain's political positions as pertains to the Presidential election of 2008. There is no reason to continue to compare his proposed policies to Obama's proposed policies from before the election. This article could certainly use a significant cleaning up and/or downsizing. Any objections? Sanzoneja (talk) 01:40, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Agree that it needs a revamp. Agree that it should cover his entire career, from the 1980s to 2010, not just the 2008 election. Agree that the Obama comparisons should be removed; I think they are already in the Comparison of United States presidential candidates, 2008 article, where they are more appropriate. Disagree somewhat about downsizing; the whole point of the "Political positions of ..." subarticles is that a politician's views and evolution of positions can be covered in depth and with respect for nuance and complexity, which is hard to do in the main biographical article. Wasted Time R (talk) 11:12, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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