How Obama Can Counter the Charge That He Is a “Tax and Spend Liberal”
Why is Obama letting the GOP walk all over him on the tax issue when under his plan 95 percent of Americans will pay less taxes?
Now that Barack Obama has sewn up the Democratic nomination he is under heavy attack from the GOP as a “tax and spend liberal.” This has been the standard GOP line of political warfare since the days of Ronald Reagan. As the months go by, Obama, like other Democrats before him, will be charged with being a kind of diseased kleptomaniac who will tax everything in sight and cause the poor voter to pay for it.
Listen to Lindsay Graham, Republican senator from South Carolina. He simplifies the election by saying, “You got a high-tax guy and you’ve got a low-tax guy and that will be the simple choice.”
Elections are more complicated. But over the years, the tax and spend charge has been a highly effective weapon for the GOP.
To the amazement of OEW, Obama has been been reluctant to take the offensive on the tax issue. This is surprising because studies of Obama’s plan show that a huge majority of Americans would be better off under Obama’s plan than they would under the tax plan proposed by John McCain.
Let’s emphasize this again. For ordinary folks, Obama would cut taxes more than McCain would. (Click Here to Read More)
