FactCheck.org: Small Businesses Would be Exempt from Health Care Plan.

October 16th 2008 in Lies

“McCain said ‘Joe the plumber’ faced ‘much higher taxes‘ under Obama’s tax plan and would pay a fine under Obama’s health care plan if he failed to provide coverage for his workers. But Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher would pay higher taxes only if the business he says he wants to buy puts his income over $200,000 a year, and his small business would be exempt from Obama’s requirement to provide coverage for workers.” [FactCheck.org, 10/16/08: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_debate_no_3.html]

FactCheck.org: McCain Misrepresents Obama Health Care Intentions.

“McCain claimed that Obama’s real ‘object’ is a government-run, single-payer health insurance system like those in Canada or England. The McCain campaign points to a quote from five years ago, when Obama told a labor gathering that he was ‘a proponent of a single-payer health care program.’ But Obama has since qualified his enthusiasm for [...]

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Five Ohio Papers: John McCain’s “Ambition” Ad Offers Little Straight Talk.

“RATING 2 on a scale from 0 (misleading) to 10 (truthful) … For a candidate who likes to brag about the ‘Straight Talk Express,’ it would have been more accurate for McCain to say that Obama worked with ‘ex-terrorist Bill Ayers’ since their time together was spent on education and charity projects, not blowing up [...]

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