A trademark lie that has been consistently promoted by the Obama-Biden campaign is that John McCain will tax everyone’s health care benefits. Joe Biden said it during the recent VP debate, and Barack Obama repeated it in tonight’s Presidential debate:
Now, Sen. McCain has a different kind of approach. He says that he’s going to give you a $5,000 tax credit. What he doesn’t tell you is that he is going to tax your employer-based health care benefits for the first time ever.
This charge, like so many of the talking points that emerge from the Obama campaign, is pure fiction. When Biden told that whopper, the Washington Post gave him two Pinnocchios:
According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, the McCain proposals would result in a net benefit of $1,241 to the average taxpayer in 2009.
But the Obama campaign is apparently convinced that this “tax your benefits” whopper will scare some voters into his corner, so they keep repeating it. No one will notice, though, because tomorrow’s debate headline will be about McCain’s $300 billion mortgage proposal.
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I think it’s funny that both sides are spewing out stream of lies and misleading statements. It makes them look like children. As for McCain, in the latest debate Factcheck says he even lied about his own plan:
‘McCain misstated his own health care plan, saying he’d give a $5,000 tax credit to “every American” His plan actually would provide only $2,500 per individual, or $5,000 for couples and families. He also misstated Obama’s health care plan, claiming it would levy fines on “small businesses” that fail to provide health insurance. Actually, Obama’s plan exempts “small businesses.”’
Posted 08 Oct 2008 at 5:32 am ¶Factcheck isn’t to be taken seriously where Obama is concerned. They routinely ignore huge whoppers while playing CYA with minor goofs. The bit about small businesses is a good example.
Factcheck just cut-and-pasted its comment on that issue from Obama’s web site, a dubious method of “research.” If Factcheck were really interested in “facts” they would have jumped on the small business stats he gave in the debate (pure fiction).
Posted 08 Oct 2008 at 8:48 am ¶Post a Comment