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By The Numbers: Republicans Lie

By gregladen on October 3, 2008.
94
Number of times, according to Repbulicans Sarah Palin and John McCain, that Democrat Barack Obama voted to raise taxes.
23
Of these, the number of votes that were actually against tax cuts.
7
Of these, the number that were likely to lower taxes for most, except some large corporations or ery affluent individuals.
11
Of these, the number that would increase taxes only on people making more than $1,000,000 dollars per year for the funding of Head Start, school nutrition programs, and veterans' health care, etc.
53
had nothing to do with raising or lowering taxes

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It'd be nice to know McCain's record on the same 94 votes, including how many of the votes he was absent for. (His vote for the bailout was reportedly the first vote he'd cast in the Senate since last April.)