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Barack Obama: You will not see your taxes increase one single dime. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains…

On the recordOctober 31, 2008
You will not see your taxes increase one single dime. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax, no tax. We're not going to raise taxes on the middle class. We're going to cut taxes for the middle class. That's the change we need.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama promises not to raise taxes on the middle class and emphasizes the need for job creation and economic competition.

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