I think in this segemnt, O'Reilly let the douche out of the bag a bit more than in the first segment --- I like that he sticks to his line of questioning aggressively and he is honest about his own opinions, but I wish he wouldn't talk over his guests so much. Let them talk dammit! He is actually pretty good at questioning, but his style is irritating.

Whatever...

I thought Obama handled the issue pretty well though. I agree with him that if you have things you HAVE to pay for, then you have to get the money from somewhere.

It seems like to me that conservatives have lost their integrity on "fiscal conservatism." I consider myself fiscally conservative, and to me that means PAYING for your spending --- keep spending low if you can, but always pay for it. If you can't keep spending low, then your taxes will have to be high to pay for it. Conservatives changed from being fiscally responsible to focusing on ALWAYS keeping taxes low, no matter how much they want to spend, and just piling on the debt. That is NOT fiscal conservatism. The biggest threat to our economy at this point is high DEBT, not high TAXES.

This whole debate about how to structure the tax code and who pays more and who pays less has always seemed like a bunch of BS to me. I've seen many administrations come and go, and many debates about tax policy, and many "reforms." But it seems like it never changes what I pay very much.

I saw a chart of proposed tax structures, rates, and tiers from both Obama and McCain, and it looks like the difference between the two for my bracket was going to be something like $200 a year. Big deal! Who cares! It was like that all the way up the scale untill you got to people making hundreds of thosueands of dollars more than me. For almost everyone it makes no difference at all! It's like the rich have tricked all of us into arguing this thing on their bahalf! Neither party is going to really, REALLY screw the middle class on taxes, so the debate is really whether the rich should help to keep the debt low and balance the budget.

However we slice it up, we have GOT to balance the budget and pay down this debt, or we will all get screwed when the economy tanks.