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McCain’s Tax Cut For McCain
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 8/27/2008
McCain’s Tax Cut For McCain
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TPM reader JS has an idea : I wish team Obama would drive the elitism point home by doing the math on how much of a tax break John and Cindy McCain would get from McCain’s plan vs the avg American (at the US median household income). And then for good measure show what would happen with Obama’s plan. This would keep the theme of McCain’s elitism and Republican elitist ...

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Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... It seems to me the best way to neutralize the advantage added by the "drill now" component is to focus on the attack portion of energy policy discussions: attack McCain for policies that enrich oil companies at our expense. This is believable, but I think it's better done in the context of attacking McCain on his general propensity to support policies that enrich the already very rich. (I'd really love to see this and ...

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From TPM Reader JS ... I wish team Obama would drive the elitism point home by doing the math on how much of a tax break John and Cindy McCain would get from McCain's plan vs the avg American (at the US median household income). And then for good measure show what would happen with Obama's plan. This would keep the theme of McCain's elitism and Republican elitist economics in the press ...
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