Factcheck: McCain tax ads "a pattern of deceit"


	Factcheck: McCain tax ads "a pattern of deceit"

masbury

9-3-2008 5:01 PM

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masbury says:

"The ad is plain wrong about higher taxes on working families. In fact, Obama's economic plan would produce a tax cut for the majority of American households, with middle-income earners benefiting most"

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The ad is plain wrong about higher taxes on working families. In fact, Obama's economic plan would produce a tax cut for the majority of American households, with middle-income earners benefiting most. As for "years of deficits," exactly the same claim could be made about McCain's program. It's unlikely either Obama or McCain would balance the budget, and both are projected to increase the debt by trillions.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/a_new_stitch_in_a_bad_pattern.html">Under Obama's plan</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/a_new_stitch_in_a_bad_pattern.html"><FONT size="3">people (or couples) making between </FONT><FONT size="3"><DIV>$37,595 and $66,354 a year would see an average savings of  $1,118</DIV></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/a_new_stitch_in_a_bad_pattern.html"><FONT size="3">Under </FONT><FONT size="3"><A href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?DocID=1889&topic2ID=40&topic3ID=89&DocTypeID=2 ">McCain's plan</A>, on the other hand, those same individuals would save $325 on average </FONT><FONT size="3"><FONT size="3"><FONT size="3">—</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="3"> $793 less</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/a_new_stitch_in_a_bad_pattern.html">a "pattern of deceit"</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D88626F9-9F6C-44A6-92E1-BE9C2489FBA9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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