2008-06-15 Williams Calls Hume and Kristol Out Of Touch

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Date:	2008-06-15
Link:	http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/15/hume-mccain-baloney/
Author:	Matt Corley (writingscat)
Source:	Think Progress (articlescat)
Topics:	John McCain Barack Obama William Kristol right-wing distortions US economy US taxation 2008 US presidential race predictions
Categories:	John McCain Barack Obama William Kristol right-wing distortions US economy US taxation 2008 US presidential race predictions

Williams Calls Hume and Kristol "Out Of Touch" For Saying McCain's Tax Plan Will Help Working Americans

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Earlier this week, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released a paper showing that Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) tax plan "offers three times the break for middle class families" than the proposals of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), which "would steer the bulk of the benefits to the wealthiest families." On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol called the report "good for McCain" because it labels Obama as "a tax raiser" and he doesn't think voters will be swayed when it's pointed out that "it's only a tax on the wealthy."

But NPR's Juan Williams strongly disagreed with Kristol, arguing that only the wealthy would view the end of the Bush tax cuts as "raising taxes." "It’s almost like you guys are out of touch with what ordinary Americans are going through in this country," charged Williams.

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“Earlier this week, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released a paper showing that Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) tax plan "offers three times the break for middle class families" than the proposals of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), which "would steer the bulk of the benefits to the wealthiest families." On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol called the report "good for McCain"...”