Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
"The administration raises revenue for nationalized health care through a series of new taxes, including a light switch tax that would cost every American household $3,128 a year."
Under Obama's budget plan, families making over $250,000 are "going to lose their mortgage deduction, their charitable deductions."
"A middle-class family donates $1 to charity, they get 15 cents off their income tax. Bill Gates donates $1 to charity, he takes 35 cents off his income tax."
Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."
Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."
"Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income."
Geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the IMF "is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions."
Obama would "experiment with socialism."
"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."
Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."
"One percent of the American people make over 21 percent of all the income in America. That wasn’t the way before George Bush became president."
Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.
"98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.
"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts."
"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."
Sen. McCain's tax plan provides "virtually nothing to the middle class."
Says that under his tax plan, seniors making less than $50,000 per year won't pay any income taxes.
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