On the recordOctober 20, 2008
What I'm trying to do is provide a tax cut for 95 percent of working families. We are going to roll back the Bush tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans, those making more than $250,000 a year.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “What I'm trying to do is provide a tax cut for 95 percent of working families. We are going to roll back the Bush tax…”
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Obama outlines his tax plan aimed at benefiting the majority of working families while criticizing McCain's understanding of it.
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