October 30, 2008
Obama's Slippery Tax Slope
The GOP has made good use of Obama's (ahem) flexible definition of who's too rich to avoid his tax hikes.
The ad uses Obama's own words, as well as the ever-loquacious Slow Joe Biden's revealing slip of the tongue, to highlight how hard it is to pin these guys down.
OBAMA (7/8/08): If you make $250,000 dollars a year or less, we will not raise your taxes. We will cut your taxes.
OBAMA (10/25/08): If you make less than $200,000 dollars a year, you’ll get a tax cut.
BIDEN (10/27/08): It should go to middle-class people… People making under $150,000 dollars a year.
VOICEOVER: As time winds down to November 4th, so does Barack Obama’s definition of “rich.” In July, Obama said if you make less than $250,000 dollars per year you get a tax cut. Ten days before Election Day, he changes it to $200,000. And now, Joe Biden changes the threshold to $150,000.
If you’re wondering where you fit in, the answer is … Who knows?
(PLUMBER JOE) WURZELBACHER: You know, $250,000 dollars now – what if he decides well, you know, $150,000 dollars, you’re pretty rich too, let’s go ahead and lower it again? You know, it’s a slippery slope… When’s it going to stop?
VOICEOVER: Yesterday, he promised you a tax cut. Today, he promises he’ll change again. And tomorrow, he’ll “spread the wealth” to those that don’t even pay taxes at all.
Change. Change. Change.
Yeah, that’s Barack.
Still think you're going to escape the Taxman's bigger bite?
Posted by Mike Lief at October 30, 2008 01:19 PM
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