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Top 0.1 Percent Will Get Nearly $1 Million Tax Cut from McCain
thinkprogress.org - 8/19/2008
Top 0.1 Percent Will Get Nearly $1 Million Tax Cut from McCain
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In a now-famous political moment, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested Saturday that the definition of “rich” is earning $5 million or more a year. As Ezra Klein pointed out , by this definition more than 99.9 percent of Americans are poor or middle class. McCain said it doesn’t matter what he considers rich because “I don’t want to raise anybody’s taxes. I really don’t. In ...

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Oliver Willis — If you’re in the top 0.1% of earners, John McCain’s tax plan says you might be a winner already! ...

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John McCain: Make Less Than $5 Million/Year? Congratulations! You’re Not Rich. — Oliver Willis
So, we all know that John McCain with his multiple homes and marriages is far out of the mainstream, but who knew that he considers people who make just shy of $5 million a year part of the great unwashed? I guess that’s the side effect marrying into money and being a media darling produces.