Obama Campaign Statement in Response to McCain’s Tax Attack

Obama Campaign Statement in Response to McCain’s Tax Attack

Obama campaign statement in response to McCain’s dishonest tax attack that Factcheck.org called “wrong”

In his prepared remarks at the Urban League today, Senator McCain repeated the false charge that Obama would raise taxes on people making as little as $32,000 per year. Below is an Obama campaign statement in response to Senator McCain repeatedly making this thoroughly debunked attack.

Obama campaign statement: “Senator McCain’s campaign continues to take the low road today with more dishonest attacks that have been proven false repeatedly by independent news outlets like Factcheck.org. While Senator McCain’s distortions say little about Senator Obama’s plan to give 95% of families a $1,000 tax cut, they speak volumes about a candidate willing to repeat attacks that are simply wrong,” said Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor.

Facthcheck.org said of the attack: “The McCain campaign claims that Obama voted to raise income taxes on individuals who earn as little as $32,000 per year. That’s wrong.” http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_32000_question.html

From Senator McCain’s prepared remarks: He supports proposals to raise top marginal rates paid by small business and families, to raise tax rates on those with taxable incomes of more than 32,000 dollars, raise capital gains taxes, raise taxes on dividends, raise payroll taxes and raise estate taxes.

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Obama would raise your income taxes only if your family income is in the top one percent. If you are a member of the Walton family, maybe you should consider voting for McCain. But if you are one of the rest of us it makes sense to vote for Obama.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/09/ST2008060900950.html

One caviat: Warren Buffet, the richest person in the world, is a man of principle who has spoken out against the unfairness of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. There are affluent people who still have souls.