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Barack Obama: “I know that, during his statements, he also was making some suggestions that my plan would raise taxes on the middle…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2008
I know that, during his statements, he also was making some suggestions that my plan would raise taxes on the middle class. That is absolutely not the case. And everybody who has looked at it has said that, in fact, my tax cuts are three times more likely to go to the middle class than John McCain's.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama defends his tax plan against John McCain's accusations, asserting that his tax cuts benefit the middle class more than McCain's.

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