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Obama Mocks McCain’s Definition of 'Rich'
blogs.abcnews.com - 8/19/2008
Obama Mocks McCain’s Definition of 'Rich'
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ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama made light of Senator McCain’s definition of “rich” at Saturday’s Saddleback forum in California, suggesting that even though McCain may have been a joking, it still demonstrates McCain’s mindset in forming his tax...

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... - but the point is that we want to keep people’s taxes low, and increase revenues.” Today, at an economic event with women in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Obama brought up McCain’s response. “Maybe he was joking,” Obama said of McCain’s answer yet joked that by McCain’s definition, people making 3 million a year are middle class. “But that’s reflected in his policies – where for people making more than 2.5 million, he’s giving folks a $500,000 tax break,” said Obama. Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/obama-m...

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