 merrie says: “Sen. Obama has made a lot of promises,” McCain said. “First, he said people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan. Then this weekend, he announced in an ad that if you’re a family making less than $200,000, you’ll benefit. But yesterday, right here in Pennsylvania, Sen, Biden said tax relief should only go to ‘middle class people -- people making under $150,000 a year.’ It’s interesting how their definition of rich has a way of creeping down.” As reported by MSNBC, the Obama campaign later said Biden was citing “an example of what someone making that amount would get under Obama’s tax plan. Indeed, Biden’s $150,000 remark came after he referred to someone making $1.4 million.” MSNBC also points out that Obama said at one forum in August that, under his plan, “if you make $150,000 or less, you will see a tax cut. If you’re making $250,000 a year or more, you’re going to see a modest increase.” I thought the tax-cut threshold was $200,000, not $150,000. Joe Biden ignited similar confusion days ago when he said the tax break would go to “middle-class people -- people making under $150,000 a year.” Anyway, the furor over the various statements had begun to die down until Richardson stepped into the mess today. Here’s what Bill Riggs, the Republican National Committee’s regional press secretary, had to say in an e-mail to reporters: “It started at $250,000, then it was $200,000, then it was $150,000, and NOW it is $120,000,” he wrote. “Barack Obama and Joe Biden continue to talk out of both sides of their mouth on their plans to raise taxes on the American people. It is only a matter of t... |
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