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Video: Middle class topped out at 70K in 2003, according to Obama
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: Middle class topped out at 70K in 2003, according to Obama posted at 1:17 pm on November 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Normally, this would not amount to much, but with Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and their various surrogates having trouble finding the floor for tax cuts, perhaps more trenchant than it otherwise would be.  In a 2003 interview while starting his Senate campaign, Obama said that tax cuts should have been targeted no higher than the $70K level: Well, you know the problem was is that they weren’t targeted at the short term stimulus of the economy. What we should have done is if we were going to ...

Obama in 2003: Tax Cuts Should Go Only to Those Making "50, 60, 70 Thousand Per Year"
Ace of Spades HQ — Obama in 2003: Tax Cuts Should Go Only to Those Making "50, 60, 70 Thousand Per Year" A bit hard to believe he changed his mind on this just a few months later.

Obama Keeps Defining Rich Down
A Blog For All — First it was $250,000. Then it was $200,000. Now, we've got Obama and his fellow Democrats saying $50-70,000. Yeah, do you feel richer for knowing that you're now considered rich by the Obama campaign and its Democratic party allies? Hillbuzz ...

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