« Does it Matter? Race in this 2008 election (Quick and to the point) | creo13's Blog | Paging Dean Baker...Healthcare/jobs question for you... »
McCain's support for a progressive tax code. Why hasn't this gotten more attention?
Jake Tapper over at ABC posted this link that John Stewart found. It mostly contradicts Mcforgetful's current stance against the rich paying more.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/mccain-in-2000.html
Where has the old Jonny-boy gone?
Advertisement
How does it contradict what he's saying now? What he said back then is that the middle-class should be the first ones to get tax cuts. What he's saying now, is that no one should get a tax increase. He wants to leave taxes where they are.
Saying that he supports tax cuts for the middle class is totally different than attacking obama for re-distributing the wealth.
Obama wants to give "tax cuts" to people who today don't pay taxes. He wants to raise the percentage of americans that don't pay taxes from approximately 33% to almost 50%.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html
McCain said that he doesn't mind asking for the "rich" to pay more, but he also said it shouldn't be totally out of proportion. And today, it IS totally out of proportion.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/22652.html
October 25, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink