Read… My… Lips: No… More… Politics… (Posts)
Just a quick one today.
During last Sunday's Eagles game (a.k.a. trouncing of the Rams), I saw a McCain ad that I just knew wasn't true. In it, Senator McCain claims that Barack Obama will raise taxes for low and middle class families, and by relation, also for small (low- and middle-income) businesses.
I wish I could find that specific commercial on McCain's website (must bee too new), or YouTube (too much noise, not enough signal), but this will have to suffice. Here's Barack Obama's Campaign Deputy Economic Policy Director, Brian Deese, showing the ad I'm referencing, and countering it point by point:
I just had to check the facts.
FactCheck.org, a non-partisan organization dedicated to setting the facts straight, has this to say about the ad:
McCain's new ad puts another stitch in what we've called his pattern of deceit on Obama's tax plan. This one claims Obama and congressional Democrats plan to push forward "painful tax increases on working American families" and that they will bring about "years of deficits," "no balanced budgets" and "billions in new government spending."
The ad is plain wrong about higher taxes on working families. In fact, Obama's economic plan would produce a tax cut for the majority of American households, with middle-income earners benefiting most. As for "years of deficits," exactly the same claim could be made about McCain's program. It's unlikely either Obama or McCain would balance the budget, and both are projected to increase the debt by trillions.
I don't really have anything else to say, except that he is a really bad liar.
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