Addressing a rally in Colorado on Monday, Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, said that Barack Obama if elected would not only raise their taxes, but he would also spend the money in a way that could hurt the economy.

Elaborating her point, the Alaska Governor said that government takes the people’s money and spreads it out “wherever politicians see fit”, which she argued is “not good for the economy.”

The government’s job is to collect taxpayer dollars and decide how to spend them. Obama has said he would cut taxes for people who make less than $250,000 a year.

Palin told the crowd that Obama “claims that he will cut income taxes for 95% of Americans”, but since 40% already pay no taxes, she raised the question: “How do you cut income taxes for people who don’t pay them?”

Speaking very highly of her running mate, John McCain, Palin mentioned his war record and his service in the Senate. She drew cheers from the crowd when she said that McCain promises to help small businesses.

Palin had her supporters in the crowd – the women who felt she was one of them. Such an ardent supporter, Mimi Hailes said about Palin: “She’s a Christian, and she’s got my values, and I’ve got her values, and that’s important to me.”

There were other women at the rally who were bothered by Palin’s opposition to abortion rights. Ronda Ellis, a 34-year-old registered nurse spoke for them, when she said: “A lot of them feel like, as a woman, how could she oppose this?”

In fact, a recent Quinnipiac University poll, conducted October 8-12, with a margin of error of +/-3%, suggested that a majority of likely female voters in Colorado say Palin is ‘not qualified’ to be vice president. Merely 37 percent said they had a favorable impression of her.

With Input from Agencies