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The Reaction —
By Carl It's not often that a 'fact check" gets it wrong, but here's an example of a partisan fact check: McCain has proposed to end one of the largest tax breaks in the entire economy. Some 60 million Americans buy health insurance thru employers tax-free, and McCain would indeed begin to tax the value of the benefit. However McCain also proposes to give the money back as a tax credit, $2,500 for individuals, $5,000 for families. "Let's give them a $5,000 refundable tax credit to go out and get the ...
CBS Checks Obama on Distortion of McCain Health Plan
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Kudos to CBS's Wyatt Andrews for his September 15 "Evening News" report (text and video available here) explaining this. ...
Fact-checking Obama
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... First, CBS News's Wyatt Andrews reports on a charge that Barack Obama often makes about John McCain's health care plan: that it will result in tax increases for tens of millions of Americans. ...
Obama Distortion II
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Wyatt Andrews explores: It's one of the most explosive and
important political charges of the election: "He wants to tax your
health benefits," Barack Obama said.
Obama's charge was that that John McCain wants to tax the health insurance benefits Americans buy through employers.
"That's a $3.6 trillion tax potentially increase on middle class
families," Obama said. "That will eventually leave tens of millions of
you paying higher taxes."
It's a little complicated and Obama slips in that ...
Tax break? Not for me and maybe not for a whole lot of others
Wizbang —
Senator Barack Obama took a swipe at a new tax policy being proposed by John McCain. (CBS) It's one of the most explosive and important political charges of the election: "He wants to tax your health benefits," Barack Obama said. Obama's charge was that that John McCain wants to tax the health insurance benefits Americans buy through employers, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports. "That's a $3.6 trillion tax potentially increase on middle class families," Obama said. "That will eventually leave tens of millions of you paying higher taxes." John McCain wants a ...
CBS ‘Fact-Check’ On McCain’s Health Care Tax Contains Two Factual Errors
Wonk Room —
... CBS recently ran a ‘fact-check’ on the claim that John McCain would raise taxes on workers’ health insurance. Watch it ...
Note to CBS News: Yes, McCain’s Health Care Plan Raises Taxes
Wonk Room —
... CBS News took a look at whether John McCain’s health care plan would raise taxes on millions of American families the other night. Watch it: ...
The Audacity of Slander
The American Spectator —
... This is a deliberate distortion of McCain's proposal to eliminate the perverse tax incentives and inequities associated with our current system of employer-based health insurance, a system that has been decried by health care experts of all political persuasions. Obama's misrepresentation of McCain's health care proposal has been so over the top that even CBS News, an organization not notable for its bias against Democrat presidential candidates, felt compelled to debunk it in a " Reality Check " segment. In the CBS piece, Wyatt Andrews points out that "the impact on the middle ...
New Obama Ad Lies About McCain Health Care Plan
Flopping Aces —
... pay — replace a $12,000 plan, because 20 million of you are going to be dropped. Twenty million of you will be dropped.
So you’re going to have to place — replace a $12,000 plan with a $5,000 check you just give to the insurance company. I call that the “Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere.”
Kinda funny how he thinks a tax credit that is meant to pay for health insurance actually going to insurance companies is bad.
As for the rest:
McCain has proposed to end one of the largest tax breaks in ...
