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Obama Economic Aide Defends Tax Plan
online.wsj.com - 10/23/2008
Obama Economic Aide Defends Tax Plan
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Obama's advisers clarified the Democrat's tax plan would require beneficiaries to be employed, responding to McCain's criticism that the plan is equivalent to welfare.
online.wsj.com - 10/29/2008
Tax Plan No Help to Middle Class
— online.wsj.com — In regard to Martin Feldstein and John B. Taylor's " John McCain Has a Tax Plan to... Create Jobs " (op-ed, Sept. 2): Barack Obama is proposing large middle-class tax cuts to reward work, encourage wealth accumulation, and stimulate economic growth. John ... (more) Tax Plan No Help to Middle Class

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rightpundits.com - 10/24/2008
Obama Tax Plan: “Spread the Wealth Around”
— rightpundits.com — Barack Obama explained to an Ohio plumber how the Obama tax plan is nothing personal, he just... wants to ’spread the wealth around’. Read about it below and see the video of Obama’s conversation with the tax payer. Barack Obama spent some time going ... (more) Obama Tax Plan: “Spread the Wealth Around”

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newsbusters.org - 10/17/2008
Joe the Plumber Calls Obama's Tax Plan Socialist, Sawyer Defends It
— newsbusters.org — Joe the Plumber (aka Joe Wurzelbacher), the Ohio man that has suddenly become the face of the... presidential campaign, told ABC's Diane Sawyer Thursday that Barack Obama's tax plan to spread the wealth is "a very socialist view, and it's ... (more) Joe the Plumber Calls Obama's Tax Plan Socialist, Sawyer ...

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Real Clear Politics - TIME.com:  The Morning Report

Political Animal:  About that balanced-budget promise....

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The Morning Report
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... " (Joseph Curl and Stephen Dinan, Washington Times ) - Sen. John McCain on Wednesday blasted President Bush for building a mountain of debt for future generations, failing to pay for expanding Medicare and abusing executive powers, leveling his strongest criticism to date of an administration whose unpopularity may be dragging the Republican Party to the brink of a massive electoral defeat. " Obama Economic Aide Defends Tax Plan " (Nick Timiraos, Wall Street Journal ) - Barack Obama's advisers, responding to criticism by Republican nominee John McCain that the Democratic ...

About that balanced-budget promise....
Political Animal — ... , and said he would. Less than a week later, they've changed their mind yet again , and said he wouldn't. So, for those keeping score at home, McCain does, doesn't, does, doesn't, does, and doesn't promise voters to eliminate the deficit by 2013. Remember when McCain considered his straight-talking consistency one of his selling points?— ...

A promise made to be broken
Political Animal — ... than 24 hours after McCain's top economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, told Fox News that that McCain would not be able to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. For those keeping score at home, McCain and aides started the campaign promising to balance the budget in four years. Then they said they couldn't actually do this. Then they said they could . Then they said they couldn't . Then they said they could . Then they said they couldn't . Then they said they could . Then they said they couldn't . ...

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