more Palin lies

Palin criticizes Obama on taxes at Colorado rally

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Republican Sarah Palin told a rally of several thousand people Monday that Barack Obama would not only raise their taxes as president but also spend the money in a way that could hurt the economy. "What that means is government taking your money and spreading it out wherever politicians see fit. That's not good for the economy," she said.

The government's job is to collect taxpayer dollars and decide how to spend them. Obama has said he would cut taxes for people who make less than $250,000 a year.

Still, Palin, Republican John McCain's running mate, drew loud cheers by touting McCain's war record, his long Senate service and the GOP campaign's emphasis on helping small businesses.

"Barack Obama claims that he will cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans. But the problem with that claim is, 40 percent pay no income taxes at all. So how do you cut income taxes for people who don't pay them?" she said.

The crowd whooped in laughter.

Obama said he was talking about "working Americans," and the figure he cited — 95 percent — is essentially correct, according to the Tax Policy Center, which calculated the figures.

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Nice of the media to call Palin on her outrageous lies, for a change!

And 40 percent of Americans do not pay taxes?! There's not that many ultra-rich that benefit from McCain/Bush's tax cuts!

Does anyone actually believe this bs? I know we've seen plenty of evidence of the "intelligence" of the McCain/Palin crowd, but still....