Spread the Tax Hooey!

FactCheck by Viveca Novak, Jess Henig | Oct. 26, 2008 (News Analysis)

Republicans are misrepresenting Obama's tax proposals right down to the bitter end. New radio ads from the McCain campaign and a TV spot from the pro-Republican group Let Freedom Ring are targeting voters nationwide with some of the same tax deceptions we've been hearing all fall, rolled in a bundle and flung through the airwaves. One of the radio ads features Hank Williams Jr., the other Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. But new packaging doesn't make the ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 27, 2008

Another excellent report from FactCheck, debunking GOP political ads about Obama's tax plan. As always, the report provides ample factual evidence from credible sources to point out serious errors in these ads. See attached quotes.

We feel, obviously, that wealthy people can afford more. …. And I think middle-income Americans, working Americans … all of the taxes that working Americans pay, I think they – you would think that they also deserve significant relief, in my view. … [H]ere’s what I really believe, that when you are – reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.

John McCain, MSNBC program “Hardball,” Oct. 12, 2000

Outside analysts like the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget have found that neither Obama nor McCain would come close to balancing the federal budget without additional spending cuts or tax increases that they have yet to specify.

Viveca Novak and Jess Henig, FactCheck

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