October 3, 2008
With 33 days left to go in this historic Presidential election, various claims are made from the Obama and McCain campaigns on each other's tax proposals. With those claims repeated on ads, speeches and debates, the Tax Foundation decided to do a little fact-checking. Tax Counsel Joseph Henchman and Senior Economist Gerald Prante have done two podcasts. The first, below, is a summary of the tax proposals offered by Sen. Barack Obama (31 minutes, 55 seconds.) The second podcast will be released next week and is a summary of the tax proposals offere by Sen. John McCain. Henchman and Prante summarize Obama's and McCain's plans as a debate between emphasis on the distribution of the economic pie and emphasis on economic incentives, respectivey.
To listen to the podcast: Right-click on the audio file below, and select "Save Target As."