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Palin Claims McCain’s Health Care Plan Is ‘Budget Neutral,’ Which Means A $1 Trillion Middle-Class Tax Hike
Wonk Room —
There is a contradiction in the way John McCain has been selling his health care plan: either it busts the budget, or it raises taxes on middle-class families. It has to do one or the other.
Lately, John McCain’s campaign has been going around saying he won’t raise taxes on middle class families.
But last night Governor Palin twice insisted that John McCain’s health care plan is ‘budget neutral’ too:
He’s proposing a $5,000 tax credit for families so that they can get out there and they can purchase their own health care coverage. ...
Palin Claims McCain’s Health Care Plan Is ‘Budget Neutral,’ Which Means It’s A Middle-Class Tax Hike
Wonk Room —
There is a contradiction in the way John McCain has been selling his health care plan: either it busts the budget, or it raises taxes on middle-class families. It has to do one or the other.
Lately, John McCain’s campaign has been going around saying he won’t raise taxes on middle class families.
But last night Governor Palin twice insisted that John McCain’s health care plan is ‘budget neutral’ too:
He’s proposing a $5,000 tax credit for families so that they can get out there and they can purchase their own health care coverage. ...
“Budget Neutral” Means Revenue
Matthew Yglesias —
I’ve seen focus group data indicating that the — entirely accurate — charge that John McCain is proposing a gigantic tax increase on employer-provided health care benefits is extremely effective. Consequently, it’s no surprise that the McCain campaign is furiously accusing Obama of lying. But Ben Furnas points out that Sarah Palin implicitly admitted the truth of the tax hike charge when she described McCain’s health care plan as budget neutral:
She says:
He’s proposing a $5,000 tax credit for ...
