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Tax Plan No Help to Middle Class
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 McCain is proposing little in direct tax ...
Martin Feldstein - The Stimulus Plan We Need Now
washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Martin Feldstein - The Stimulus Plan We Need Now
A Bad Plan That Is Less Bad Is Still Not A Very Good Plan
online.wsj.com — How ironic that Jeffrey Liebman (" Tax Plan No Help to Middle Class ," Letters, Sept. 4)... should charge Martin Feldstein and John Taylor with misrepresenting the candidates' tax plans just one paragraph after he blatantly misrepresents my work. ... (more) A Bad Plan That Is Less Bad Is Still Not A Very Good Plan
McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work
blog.healthcareforamericanow.org — Another admission from the McCain campaign that their health care plan is nothing more than a bunch... of right-wing platitudes thrown together without any real serious thought as to how to solve the health care crisis. From CNN: Changing the tax ... (more) McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work
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Heritage Foundation to Obama Campaign: Kindly stop lying about our support of your tax plan.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Surely there can be no doubt within your campaign as to how Heritage truly views your tax plan. When one of your economic advisors, Jeffrey Liebman, made this same misrepresentation in a September 4, 2008 letter to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Hederman promptly sent a corrective and very public letter. It appeared in the September 16 issue of The Wall Street Journal under the title: “ ...

Heritage to Obama
The Corner on National Review Online — ... be bad not only for the country, but for the middle class. By omitting the direct quotes from Heritage that are contained in the article and attributing to Heritage a conflicting statement not made by its analyst, the advertisement appears to be an intentional attempt to mislead. Surely there can be no doubt within your campaign as to how Heritage truly views your tax plan. When one of your economic advisors, Jeffrey Liebman, made this same misrepresentation in a September 4, 2008 letter to The Wall Street Journal , Mr. Hederman promptly sent a corrective and very public ...

Matt Lewis: Heritage Calls on Obama to Pull False Ads
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... be bad not only for the country, but for the middle class. By omitting the direct quotes from Heritage that are contained in the article and attributing to Heritage a conflicting statement not made by its analyst, the advertisement appears to be an intentional attempt to mislead. Surely there can be no doubt within your campaign as to how Heritage truly views your tax plan. When one of your economic advisors, Jeffrey Liebman, made this same misrepresentation in a September 4, 2008 letter to The Wall Street Journal , Mr. Hederman promptly sent a corrective and very public ...

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