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The Bubble Boy
Daily Kos — ... And just what is that economic plan? Token tax cuts for those "whiners" while the wealthy receive true relief from the federal government. As detailed in the Washington Post several months ago: ...

Despite CNN Distortion, Americans Prefer Obama Tax Plan
Crooks and Liars — ... reported, CNN on Tuesday showed a deceptive chart which wrongly suggests that John McCain’s tax plan provides more Americans with greater savings than that offered by Barack Obama. But CNN’s upper-crust income brackets, which start at $161,000 and represent only 5% of taxpayers, conceal the inescapable truth that Barack Obama’s proposals offer working and middle class Americans steeper tax benefits at every income level up to $110,000. And according to a ...

Job one
Political Animal — ... " under Bush's leadership. Responding to the same jobs report, and noting Obama's plan to raise taxes on the top 1% of wage earners , the McCain campaign ...

Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Sadly, No! — Palin-McCain’s latest TV ad, aired moments ago on the Today Show, is full of lies. The most glaring says ‘Obama and his liberal allies promise higher taxes on your income.’ Obama offers bigger tax cuts than Palin-McCain to 85 percent or so of households. Pathetic. They’re desperate. ...

Greenspan: McCain Is Wrong On Tax Cuts
Daily Kos — ... Update [2008-9-13 18:44:40 by DemFromCT]: The Washington Post put together an excellent graphic on the tax cut proposals. ...

McCain Loses Fox News: Megyn Kelly Rips McCain Flack For Claiming Obama Would Raise Middle Class Taxes
Think Progress — ... have consistently called out the McCain campaign for misrepresenting Obama’s proposals. As the Tax Policy Center notes, Obama will actually cut taxes for the vast majority of Americans. ...

Amygdala — GET YOUR OBAMA TAX CUT. The truth: If you have a family income of under $111,646, you're far better off with Obama. But your taxes won't go up (more than $12.00) with Obama unless your family income is over $603,403. In which case, I have to say, I have the world's tiniest violin with which to serenade your hard times. Read The Rest Scale: 1.5 out of 5.

Paul Jenkins: John McCain: Unfit for the Presidency
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... than ever, besides an absurdly belligerent international stance and a staunch opposition to choice in the matter of abortion. On the economy, about which he still has not learned a thing, it is impossible to know if he is for more or less regulation, and what kind of regulation. The same applies to issue after issue: he flip-flops, obfuscates and seems at times utterly clueless about the consequences of his positions. From energy to health care to tax policy to environmental issues, there is no consistency or substance. The resulting ...

McCain Slings Right Wing Fairy Tales About Taxes
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... . The report goes on to note that Obama's additional tax provisions would also benefit working class families, specifically mentioning credits for mortgage interest, education expenses, and the Making Work Pay credit, as well as an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. The report calls Obama's tax system "significantly more progressive" than McCain's. As a report from The Washington Post notes, McCain would cut less than 1 percent of taxes for the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers. In contrast, his biggest tax cut of 4.4 percent would be exclusively for the top 0.1 ...

The Candidates’ Tax Proposals, Part II: Distribution
The Blog Formerly Known As Dean's World — ... We’ve all seen the Washington Post distribution table based on Tax Policy Center numbers (although I believe they’re using a different TPC study – I’m using 2012 projections based on the stump speech proposals, but their McCain numbers look like the much more modest estimates they based on earlier statements by McCain’s economic advisors). Many of us have also seen the ...

McCain Plan VS Hussein Plan, Clearest Graphic Yet
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama’s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 - a difference of nearly $1 million. (WaPo) Nods to MsUnderestimated.

Fort Apache The Couch
Firedoglake — ... with a spray of hot American lead. Better that the Duke takes one for the team than people making over $607k start paying 8.7% more in taxes, which isn't as catchy as Better Dead Than Red, but you have to go with the tax proposals you have, not the fear of the Red Menace you wish you had. ...

You can be fair or balanced, but not both
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... unless you have equally matched candidates, you can’t be both.  Already the desire to be balanced has led to statements like the one above, a basic admission that the press coverage is wholly dominated by campaigning, and that they fear treading into the oh so dangerous territory of reporting on the different candidate’s histories and policy proposals to give voters straight information about how each candidate will affect them.  There are exceptions, of course, like this piece the whole ...

Still Undecided?
Garling Gauge — ... he done? Nothing to indicate Jeremiah Wright’s level of racism. Unless there is direct proof that Obama himself has the kind of prejudice that Wright demonstrated, then it’s ridiculous to claim that these two very different men believe the same things. Now on to real politics.       1. Nuts and bolts time: Obama’s tax plan helps the majority of the country. Don’t tell me “it’ll only help welfare people,” because that’s nonsense. Most Americans make LESS than $200,000 - in fact, 60% make less than $67,000 - and will therefore benefit from this . That means, to make it clear, ...