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Tax Policy: Now With Facts
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/19/2008
Tax Policy: Now With Facts
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This kind of reporting from the Associated Press is just incredibly frustrating: Obama has said his tax policies would cut payments for 95 percent of working Americans, while increasing them only for families making more than $250,000 a year. McCain has argued that 40 percent of Americans ...
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 10/20/2008
Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
— jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com — There was an astonishing quotation in a recent New York Times story about John McCain from Robert... Timberg, a biographer and admirer of McCain's.  Timberg told the Times reporter David Kirkpatrick that, "Political campaigns have a way of ... (more) Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/19/2008
Race to the Bottom
— talkingpointsmemo.com — If you're thinking to yourself that there's little more than two weeks before election day and Obama... has a solid lead in the polls, don't be so sure. Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain ... (more) Race to the Bottom

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ajc.com - 10/18/2008
Obama is the choice
— ajc.com — The 44th president of the United States will take office in an uncertain and dangerous time for... this country. The challenges we face both overseas and here at home are complex and unfamiliar, and the road ahead is likely to be very different from the ... (more) Obama is the choice

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Lawyers, Guns and Money:  I Would Like to Think This is Stating the Obvious, But...

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I Would Like to Think This is Stating the Obvious, But...
Lawyers, Guns and Money — "Income taxes" are a subset of the category of "taxes," but the former category does not in fact fully encompass the latter. Republicans like to pretend that you can't give a tax cut to people who don't pay federal income taxes because this conveniently ignores the regressive taxes that constitute a much higher percentage of the ordinary person's tax burdens. This is greatly aided by hack journalists who let this ridiculous bait-and-switch pass without comment.

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Obama’s 95 Percent Tax Cut? 100 Percent Not True — Pundits Blog
Facts have a pesky way of serving as a fly in the ointment to a perfect story or solution. To wit: I continue to watch the Democratic candidate for president continue to say that he will provide a tax cut for 95 percent of Americans. Let me repeat: He will provide a tax cut for 95 [...]
Concentrating the Wealth More Narrowly — Matthew Yglesias
VP for Economic Policy Michael Ettlinger has the facts and observes that the McCain family would receive a $55,000 tax cut under McCain’s capital gains tax proposals. That, I believe, is more than the median household income in the United States, so obviously the typical person would get ...