politico.com - 10/20/2008
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Obama challenged the idea that his tax cuts are similar to welfare at a rally in St. Louis on Saturday.
eschatonblog.com - 10/21/2008
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eschatonblog.com —
I'm really never quite sure who this "don't
pay any taxes" stuff is aimed at. Though, thinking...
about it just this second, maybe I do. Basically everybody pays taxes. So you when you're talking about giving free money to people who don't pay any taxes, ...
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msnbc.msn.com - 10/19/2008
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Evoking "Joe the Plumber" in his pivotal home
state, Republican John McCain on Sunday cast himself as...
the guardian of middle-class workers and small-business owners who fuel the economy.
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McCain casts himself as middle-class guardian
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Barack Obama Channels Karl Marx in St. Louis
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It’s gotten to the point where Barack Obama doesn’t even need to hide his socialism.
“It comes down to values – in America, do we simply value wealth, or do we value the work that creates it?” Obama said at a rally under the Gateway Arch. “I’m not giving tax cuts to folks who don’t work. I’m giving tax cuts to folks who do work. That’s right, Missouri – John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you are facing that he must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people ‘welfare.’”
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