cnsnews.com - 10/15/2008
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(CNSNews.com) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama s plan to cut taxes on 95 percent of taxpayers would effectively increase government spending by an average of $64.8 billion a year and effectively raise income tax rates for many Americans, even on some earning $20-$50,000 per year, ...
barackobama.com - 10/17/2008
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barackobama.com —
Cut taxes for 95 percent of workers and
their families with a tax cut of $500 for...
workers or $1,000 for working couples. Provide generous tax cuts for low- and middle-income seniors, homeowners, the uninsured, and families sending a child to college ...
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Taxes
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/16/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' Chris Bury is outside Toledo, near
the home of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the...
Plumber," and reports that Wurzelbacher -- such a key part of Sen. John McCain's critique of Sen. Barack Obama's economic proposals -- acknowledged...
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Joe the Plumber Eligible for Obama Tax Cut?
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Infuriation nation, continued
Sister Toldjah —
... —– The con continues: Obama’s Tax Cut is Actually a Spending Increase, Says Non-Partisan Group. ...
Carol Platt Liebau: McCain Brought His A-Game
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Where was this McCain in the last two debates? He's feisty, he's well prepared, he's willing to point out the contrasts between himself and Barack Obama. Is it too late to matter? We shall see. But this could, conceivably, put McCain back in the game. For the record: McCain's comments about taxes and Joe the Plumber were dead on. Why, oh why, doesn't he reveal Barack's 95% tax plan for the sham -- for the spending increase -- ...
Time to play “you might be a racist if”
Sister Toldjah —
... of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Sounds like the junior Senator from Illinois ...
Raising 4.3 trillion US dollars: What Obama isn’t telling America about his “tax cuts”…
Flopping Aces —
It all sounds so good…. 95% of Americans getting tax cuts. Tho even the most shallow of thinkers have to wonder how this can be when the non-partisan Tax Policy Center notes that 38% of Americans have no tax debt at all.
But let’s leave the most simple of mathematical errors behind. After all, it’s the “intent” that matters, yes? And while Obama’s perceived American utopia may be admirable in that intent, he seems a bit old to still indulge in such fantasy.
And the numbers indicate Obama’s promises are fantasy indeed. The headline that says it all, bringing reality home, is Alan ...
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Obama’s 95% Tax Cut Illusion
patterico.com 10/14/2008 — [Guest post by DRJ]
The Wall Street Journal considers how Barack Obama can promise tax cuts for 95% of Americans and explains that he first redefines tax cuts as tax credits and that results in a massive redistribution of taxpayer money.
Here is ...
A tax cut for 95% of the people when only 60% pay taxes?
directorblue.blogspot.com 10/21/2008 — It depends on what the meaning of 'tax cut' is.
One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families." He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the government's tax share of GDP will ...
WSJ: Obama's Tax Cut for 95% of Americans Is an Illusion
taxprof.typepad.com 10/14/2008 — Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal: Obama's 95% Illusion; It Depends on What the Meaning of "Tax Cut" Is: One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families."...
Don't Believe Spending Cut Rumors
defensenews.com 11/17/2008 — Before the presidential election, reports began to circulate that the Pentagon was planning to propose a defense spending increase of roughly $450 billion over five years. That's in addition to the increases in the base budget already laid out in the ...
Media Near-Secret: Deficit Increase Almost Entirely Due to Spending
bizzyblog.com 10/17/2008 — Investment News , which said that the fourth fiscal quarter increase in the deficit vs. estimates occurred because of “Stimulus tax rebates, the $700 billion financial services industry bailout, and increased spending in the Middle East ….. according ...
You going to cut military programs? You got to REALLY CUT THEM, then
attackerman.firedoglake.com 11/14/2008 —
Zumwalt Destroyer
So later today I'll have a piece up about Obama's relationship with the military and the challenges/opportunities it presents. But, like R. Kelly, I want to break you off with a little taste of the remix.
One of my sources ...
Obama buys first video game campaign ads —
Reuters: Politics 10/15/2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Barack Obama, flush with cash and ramping up his advertising in the final weeks before the November 4 election, is making U.S. political history by placing the first presidential campaign ads in online video games.
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