On the recordOctober 29, 2008
if you make less than a quarter million dollars a year, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime, not your income tax or payroll tax, not your capital gains tax, nothing.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “if you make less than a quarter million dollars a year, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime, not your…”
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Obama emphasizes that tax increases will not affect those earning less than $250,000.
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