Obama Says He Will Raise Taxes On People Making $41,500 Yearly, Not $32,000 Like McCain Says

• July 12, 2008

Because that’s a big difference, right?

The Obama campaign has just released a new ad accusing John McCain of “makin’ stuff up” about Obama’s record on taxes. It’s a response to a McCain ad that claims Obama “promises to cut taxes, but he voted to raise taxes on folks earning as little as $32,000.” The Obama ad cites FactCheck.org saying of McCain’s charge, “It’s not true.”
The FactCheck.org analysis, which seems to be correct, says that in fact Obama voted to raise the taxes on folks earning as little as $41,500 a year. If that is the case, why couldn’t McCain have said that?

The laughable thing here is not so much that McCain was wrong, but that Obama is trying to draw a distinction between giving Americans making $41,500/year a tax hike and giving Americans who make $32,000/year a tax hike.
Neither demographic, I’m sure, would enjoy having their taxes hiked. Nor are they likely to be in a position to weather such a tax hike well given the tax burden they are already carrying.
Obama may have caught McCain in a fib here, but McCain still wins the day as Obama still ends up looking like a tax-and-spend liberal who wants to raise taxes not just on the rich but also middle class Americans making $41,500/year.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics, The Loony Left

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Obama’s vote was to encourage the expiration of Bush’s tax package. Obama’s own tax proposal would LOWER taxes even further for people making less than $250,000/yr.

Steve,

Here’s an idea for you: Next time you trim your toenails, take the clippings and put them under your pillow at night. When you wake up in the morning, your toenail clippings will be gone, and the toenail fairy will have left you a shiny new dollar bill in their place.

If you believe that nonsense about Mr. Obama’s tax proposals, you’re probably incoherent enough to believe just about anything!
Steve

Too bad you are not telling the truth about this… Obama’s vote was to encourage the expiration of Bush’s tax package. Obama’s own tax proposal would LOWER taxes even further for people making less than $250,000/yr.

Republicans are trying very hard to cover up what Obama actually says about taxes, because compared to him, they are the new party of “tax and spend!”
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

Steve lies, Republicans are trying very hard to cover up what Obama actually says about taxes, because compared to him, they are the new party of “tax and spend!”

Fact: Obama wishes to raise taxes.
Fact: the Republicans do not.

The facts are just a bit different from the lies you are spewing.
Puzzlefeet

More cutting and pasting from Rob. Try this:http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_32000_question.html Read the entire analysis, Rob.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Too bad you are not telling the truth about this… Obama’s vote was to encourage the expiration of Bush’s tax package.

So, you’re saying the Bush tax cuts weren’t really just for the rich?

And by the way, Steve, voting to end a tax cut is the same as voting for a tax hike.

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