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Tax Reformers Highlight Obama’s Broken Promises

March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

The folks at Americans for Tax Reform have published a commentary that highlights President Barack Obama’s failures to live up to his campaign promises. First, ATR recalls that then-candidate Obama promised to allow “Sunlight Before Signing” by adhering to a policy of waiting five days before signing any legislation that comes to his desk. Next, [...]

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Myth vs. Fact: Obama Infomercial Lies to Taxpayers

October 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My friend, Adam Radman, at Americans for Tax Reform sent me the following “Myth vs. Fact” news release that compares myths espoused by Barack Obama during his half-hour infomercial last night and economic realities: HOW DO YOU GIVE A TAX CUT TO NON-INCOME TAXPAYERS? Myth: “As president, here’s what I’ll do. Cut taxes for every [...]

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Calculator Shows McCain Plan Grows Your 401k

October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

John McCain‘s plan to cut the capital gains and dividends rate in half will grow every American’s nest egg, according to a news release I received today from the folks at Americans for Tax Reform.  In partnership with Rutledge Capitol, ATR used the same release to announce the launch of version 2.0 of the Obama-McCain [...]

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Obama ‘Tax Calculator’ Attempts to Deceive Voters

October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Americans for Tax Reform today questioned the accuracy of the new tax calculator found on Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama‘s campaign web site. Among the calculator’s major errors/misleading statements are the following: The forgotten tax hike. By its own admission, the tax calculator ignores the unprecedented imposition of Social Security payroll taxes on small [...]

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Ten Things to Know About Obama’s Tax Proposals

September 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Under the tax plans of Barack Obama and his Democratic friends in Congress, American families will only be left with… the change in their pockets, according to the folks at the new “527″ organization known as Right Change. In a news release issued today, the tax reform organization describes “an idea” Obama and the Democratic [...]

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Rudy Issues Campaign ‘Talking Points’

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Having spent the bulk of my 20-plus years of professional life in the business of public and media relations, I’ve prepared and used “talking points” on many occasions. Talking points are particularly useful when dealing with members of the news media and with members of constituency groups, especially when the issues being discussed are potentially [...]

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