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September 11, 2008

That My Friends, Is a Tax Increase

by AltHippo @ 5:26 pm. Filed under hacks, 2008 Elections

I really have to pay more attention to McPalin. These right wing nut cases want to raise our taxes: (Steve Benen)

On the substance, Klein is exactly right. McCain’s proposal would count the healthcare benefits Americans receive from their employers as taxable income, leaving tens of millions of middle-class families paying higher taxes and leaving millions more without insurance behind.

But on the politics, I’m not sure if Klein’s observation is quite right. He finds it “amazing” the Obama campaign hasn’t pointed this out yet. But here’s the thing: the Obama campaign has pointed this out. Obama talks about it on the stump, and his team have been writing about it for quite a while.

It hasn’t generated any real interest from political reporters, though, because a) it’s substantive; b) it takes a few seconds to explain; c) there’s no provocative video to accompany the story; and d) it makes McCain look bad.

Now, I’m not objecting just to the idea of someone raising my taxes. I’m objecting to them raising taxes so they can bring more and better wars to the Middle East. Raising taxes to create a better world? That’s socialism. Raising taxes so they can bring Christianity to the infidels? Republicanism.

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