Washington Post Fact Checker: Three Pinocchios for McCain claim that Obama’s tax cut is like welfare.

October 20th 2008 in Lies

“John McCain hammered his Democratic opponent over the weekend for ‘phony tax cut’ policies that will allegedly harm hard-working Americans such as his new-found friend, ‘Joe the Plumber.’ The Arizona senator claims that Obama has been going round the country promising to ‘cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans’ at a time when 40 percent of Americans pay no income taxes. According to McCain, welfare payments for non-income tax paying Americans will inevitably mean higher taxes for ‘folks like Joe.’ Is the Republican presidential candidate telling the truth about Obama’s tax plan? … But the McCain claim his rival’s current plan will force ‘folks like Joe’ to subsidize welfare checks to non-tax-payers does not stand up to serious scrutiny. The McCain campaign has erected a bogus straw man argument with its claim that Obama has promised “to cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans.” [Washington Post Fact Checker, 10/20/08: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/10/fighting_for_joe_the_plumber.html]

Politifact.com: McCain Claim That Obama Directed “An Arm of ACORN” Is False.

“Here, we’ll look at the allegation that in 1992, Obama directed Project Vote, ‘an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration.’ This year, Project Vote and ACORN worked together on a nationwide voter registration drive aimed at low-income, minority and youth voters. They have worked together on other initiatives with left-leaning groups like the [...]

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CNN: McCain’s Small Business Tax Claims “False;” Apply Tax Stats “In a Way That is Highly Unlikely to Match Reality.”

“The Statement: Speaking during a campaign stop Monday, Oct. 20 in Belton, Missouri, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain criticized Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama’s proposals on taxes. ‘The Obama tax increase would come at the worst possible time for America, and especially for small businesses like the one Joe dreams of owning,’ McCain said. [...]

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