http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/taxes 2008-09-05T22:44:56Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50773-mitt-romney-meet-and-greet-12-18-07 2008-09-05T22:44:56Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJMfOI5n0SY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJMfOI5n0SY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50773-mitt-romney-meet-and-greet-12-18-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61656" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mitt Romney <br />Meet and Greet <br />North Charleston, SC 12/18/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MITT ROMNEY: [...] Well, the last thing you do when the economy is on fragile ground is raise taxes and take people's money away from them, that's the wrong way to go. Instead you try to relieve the tax burden on the American people, and boost our economy. If you listen to the Democrats debate, they're all talking about raising money, one way or another. Raising money through taxes, and the right thing to do is to keep our taxes down. I think it's fundamentally wrong that we tax people when they earn their money, tax them when they save it, and tax them when they die. So we'll kill the death tax once and for all. And I got a new savings plan. A new savings tax plan. For anyone making $200,000 a year and less, the new tax rate on your savings, that's capitol gains, interest, dividends, all your savings, will be absolutely zero. Let Americans save their money for their future as they like. We strengthen our economy also by keeping legal immigration alive and well, but stopping illegal immigration. </p> <p>LABEL: MR SC 12-18 (JR#17) I-ClipB</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <br />http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/fq914hjvo3</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: <br />http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/6m5odjfs2y</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50773-mitt-romney-meet-and-greet-12-18-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50770-mitt-romney-meet-and-greet-12-18-07 2008-09-05T22:44:56Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/feSUXe3vdwA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/feSUXe3vdwA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50770-mitt-romney-meet-and-greet-12-18-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61653" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mitt Romney <br />Meet and Greet <br />Myrtle Beach, SC 12/18/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MITT ROMNEY: [...] And right now, with the economy sort of fragile, [...] one thing you do is you keep the tax burden down, you don't raise taxes if you want the economy to get stronger. I want to kill the death tax once and for all. And I also want to have a special savings tax break for people earning $200,000 a year and less. My view is that there should be a new tax rate on your savings. And that's interest and dividends, and capitol gains, all your savings income, in my view, should be taxed at the rate of zero. Let people save their money as they like." </p> <p>LABEL: MR SC 12-18 (MB#24) EIM - Clip B</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <br />http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/df3reg45qd</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: <br />http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/q770yf1zb0</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50770-mitt-romney-meet-and-greet-12-18-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50758-obama-s-economic-outlook-jason-furman 2008-09-05T22:45:03Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9_Kk5xqvmiE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9_Kk5xqvmiE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50758-obama-s-economic-outlook-jason-furman"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61640" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Jason Furman, Economic Policy Director for the Barack Obama Presidential campaign, discusses his candidate's position on the economy.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: <a href="http://for">for</a> ​a.tv/topic​/democrati​c_conventi​on</p> <p>The New Republic on FORA.tv: <a href="http://fora.tv/partner/new_republic">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Jason Furman is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution where he is Director of the Hamilton Project. Furman is also a Visiting Scholar at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Previously Furman served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy in the Clinton Administration. Furman has been a visiting lecturer at Columbia and Yale Universities. In addition, he served as a Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, Senior Economic Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank, and Director of Economic Policy for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.</p> <p>Noam Scheiber has been with The New Republic since August, 2000. He holds a master's degree in economics from Oxford University and a B.S. in math from Tulane University. In addition to his work at TNR, Scheiber has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Slate, Salon, The Washington Monthly, the Chicago Tribune, and The Christian Science Monitor. He has appeared on CNN, CNNfn, CNBC and NPR.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50758-obama-s-economic-outlook-jason-furman">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50241-americans-prefer-obama-on-taxes 2008-09-05T22:45:09Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FJBdD5p65d4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FJBdD5p65d4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50241-americans-prefer-obama-on-taxes"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61017" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>While 53% of Americans think Barack Obama would increase their federal income taxes, Americans are more likely to say Obama (48%) would better handle the issue of taxes than John McCain (43%).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50241-americans-prefer-obama-on-taxes">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49846-ad-watch-3-fridays-3-false-attack-ads 2008-08-28T02:48:19Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GrjtttXcuPs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GrjtttXcuPs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49846-ad-watch-3-fridays-3-false-attack-ads"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60500" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Deputy economic policy director Brian Deese takes on another McCain attack ad. Director of economic policy, Jason Furman, makes a cameo.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49846-ad-watch-3-fridays-3-false-attack-ads">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49710-john-mccain-media-avail-08-01-08 2008-08-28T14:50:06Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vGxz8Ig50ck&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vGxz8Ig50ck&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49710-john-mccain-media-avail-08-01-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60307" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Media Avail <br />Panama City, FL 08/01/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />REPORTER: Thank you Senator, just back to the problems we're facing in the economy. As you know, earlier this week the government announced that we are running a half a trillion-dollar deficit. How does that, given that news and given the bleak situation we're in, how does that square with your pledge to extend, continue, make permanent President Bush's tax cuts and to balance the budget eventually? </p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: Because I believe firmly, and I am convinced that lower taxes is important, particularly in very difficult economic times. I think one of the best examples I can give you is capital gains. Senator Obama wants to increase capital gains. History shows since 1960 when Senator Kennedy said we would lower capital gains taxes, every time we've lowered capital gains taxes there's been an increase in revenue. That's a historical fact. I think that is the worst thing you can do, is raise peoples taxes in very difficult economical times. So it renews my commitment to keeping taxes low and letting people keep more of their hard earned salaries, wages and profits. And whatever happens in the economy, I think it can only harm it by increasing taxes. So if we don't keep taxes low, we can turn this serious situation we have economically into a worse situation." </p> <p>LABEL: JM FL 08-01 (KF#6) SKAG - ClipH</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49710-john-mccain-media-avail-08-01-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49647-john-mccain-rich-5-million 2008-08-28T02:49:04Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Q2sAFH7zj0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Q2sAFH7zj0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49647-john-mccain-rich-5-million"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60235" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain at the Saddleback Civil Forum on The Presidency, August 16, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49647-john-mccain-rich-5-million">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49636-obama-must-stop-being-so-soft-he-must-attack-mccain 2008-09-04T15:01:31Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4KlTXbTmM7I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4KlTXbTmM7I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49636-obama-must-stop-being-so-soft-he-must-attack-mccain"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60215" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/49636-obama-must-stop-being-so-soft-he-must-attack-mccain">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49501-john-mccain-speech-08-18-08 2008-08-27T07:12:35Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5oHM1gTzu44&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5oHM1gTzu44&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49501-john-mccain-speech-08-18-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60031" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech <br />Orlando, FL 08/18/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: Public money should serve the public good. If it's me sitting in the Oval Office, at the Resolute desk, those wasteful spending bills are going the way of all earmarks, straight back to the Congress with a veto. You'll know their names. I'll make them famous, we'll stop this earmark pork barrel spending and we'll make it clear. [applause] And we'll make it clear that no earmark bill will be signed into law. And that will save many billions of dollars that can be applied to essential priorities, and above all to the care of our veterans.</p> <p>LABEL: JM FL 08-18 (EW#14) ACUZZ - ClipC</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49501-john-mccain-speech-08-18-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49336-john-mccain-saddleback-forum-08-16-08 2008-08-26T12:54:02Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Z9cyyupn4k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Z9cyyupn4k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49336-john-mccain-saddleback-forum-08-16-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59817" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Saddleback Civil Forum <br />Lake Forest, CA 08/16/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />RICK WARREN: "On taxes, define rich. Everybody talks about, you know, taxing the rich, but not the poor or the middle class. At what point, give me a number, a specific number. Where do you move from middle class to rich, is it 100,000, is it 50,000, is it 200? How does anybody know if we don't know what the standards are? <br /> <br />JOHN MCCAIN: Some of the richest people I've known in my life are the most unhappy. I think that rich should be defined by a home, a good job, and an education, and the ability to hand to our children a more prosperous and safer world than the one that we inherited. I don't want to take any money from the rich. I want everybody to get rich. I don't believe in class warfare or the redistribution of the wealth. But I can tell you that for example, there are small business men and women who are 20, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, that some people would classify as quote rich. My friends, and want to raise their taxes, and want to raise their payroll taxes. Lets have, keep taxes low, give every family in America a 7,000 dollar tax credit for every child they have. Lets give them a $5,000 refundable tax credit to go out and get the heath insurance of their choice. Lets not have the government take over the health care system in America. So, so, so I think if you're just talking about income, How about 5 million? So, no but seriously, I don't think you can, I don't think seriously, that the point is I'm trying to make here seriously, and I'm sure that comment will be distorted. But the point is, the point is that we want to keep people's taxes low and increase revenues. And my friends, it was not taxes that mattered in America in the last several years. It was spending, spending got completely out of control. ...] We should not and cannot raise taxes in tough economic times. So it really doesn't matter what the definition of rich is because I don't want to raise anyone's taxes, I really don't. [...]"</p> <p>LABEL: JM CA 08-16 (KF#8) CLMPX - ClipD</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49336-john-mccain-saddleback-forum-08-16-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49058-john-mccain-speech-08-14-08 2008-08-20T16:55:45Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ylJ9wJq1y68&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ylJ9wJq1y68&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49058-john-mccain-speech-08-14-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59375" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech <br />Aspen, CO 08/14/08</p> <p>TOPIC: McCain, social security, taxes, medicare, Reagan </p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />ISAACSON: This is the 73rd anniversary of Social Security... you called the funding mechanism a disgrace recently. How would you change it?</p> <p>MCCAIN: ... It's a pay as you go system. [...] As you know, we have the trustees of the Social Security system. And they are the people appointed to give us an evaluation every year of the condition of Social Security... and the trustees have stated repeatedly, and David Walker, who now works for the coalition, who was once head of the government accountability office, I think is the best talking about this. There's gonna come a time, and there's argument about when that year is, but it's not that far away. When there's more money goin out than comin in. And when there's no money left. [...] The situation today is that younger workers who are contributing to the system, the way it was designed, will not receive the same benefits as present day retirees. That's not fair. [...] The approval rating of Congress is at 9%. [...] Congress is at a gridlock on everything [...] One of our earliest memories was 1983, Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neil, the liberal democrat from Massachussetts,[...] And Ronald Reagan sat down together with the benefit of a Greenspan study. And they said "Okay, we're gonna fix social security." And they walked out in the rose garden, stood next to each other. It may not have been the solution that I wanted, [...] or anyone else, but it was a solution, and we saved Social Security for about 25 or 30 years. It was about to go bankrupt. Now, why can't we do that again? [...] It isn't that complicated. [...] Medicare is complicated, my friends, [...] Social security- there have been study after study after study- </p> <p>ISAACSON: But shouldn't it be like the energy policy, where everything is on the table, we do a little of everything? </p> <p>MCCAIN: Yes, and as you know, I am opposed to tax increases [...] I think we can fix this without it. Am I am confident that I can convince the people on the other side of the table that we do not need tax increases. </p> <p>LABEL: JM CO 08-14 (JR#68) ACKGX - ClipB - LS</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT:http://issuealliance.box.net/shared/xmu0z6cqrz</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49058-john-mccain-speech-08-14-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48351-candidates-energy-solutions-crucial-to-vote 2008-09-05T22:45:10Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gcGhluJBNsA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gcGhluJBNsA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48351-candidates-energy-solutions-crucial-to-vote"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58200" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sixty-nine percent of Americans say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports establishing tax incentives to encourage energy conservation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48351-candidates-energy-solutions-crucial-to-vote">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48157-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08 2008-08-14T10:48:49Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iT-FnGgFhL0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iT-FnGgFhL0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48157-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57962" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Employee Town Hall <br />Aurora, CO July 30, 2008</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "Senator Obama says he's going to change Washington, but his solution is to simply make government bigger, and raise your taxes to pay for it. I want to look you in the eye, I will not raise your taxes, nor support a tax increase. I will not do it."</p> <p>LABEL: JM CO 07-30 (KF#4) EFHIS -- ClipE</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48157-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48055-obama-ad-the-original-maverick-or-more-of-the-same 2008-09-02T15:12:29Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ctremM5QLBM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ctremM5QLBM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48055-obama-ad-the-original-maverick-or-more-of-the-same"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57828" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Obama for President ad</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48055-obama-ad-the-original-maverick-or-more-of-the-same">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48029-libertarian-david-boaz-on-obama-and-mccain 2008-08-28T14:58:57Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/97J-jcYciEc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/97J-jcYciEc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48029-libertarian-david-boaz-on-obama-and-mccain"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57798" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/09/David_Boaz_The_Coming_Century_of_Liberty">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Cato Institute Executive Vice President David Boaz gives a libertarian's critique of Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>A key figure in the libertarian movement, Boaz surveys what he sees as the threats to freedom from the Bush administration and the current presidential candidates.</p> <p>Though he is frustrated with many of the candidates' positions, he remains optimistic about the future of civil and economic liberties.</p> <p>But he says that the future of freedom requires that Americans devote considerable effort to preserving and protecting these rights - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Cato's executive vice president David Boaz has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, described by the Los Angeles Times as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas," the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and coeditor of the Cato Handbook on Policy. </p> <p>Boaz is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, CNN's Crossfire, NPR's Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered, John McLaughlin's One on One, Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48029-libertarian-david-boaz-on-obama-and-mccain">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47815-obama-i-will-not-raise-taxes-for-families-that-make-250-000-or-less 2008-08-27T22:47:22Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4LOzxNcU6Kc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4LOzxNcU6Kc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47815-obama-i-will-not-raise-taxes-for-families-that-make-250-000-or-less"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57384" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>At the National Urban League Annual Conference, Barack Obama states that he will not raise taxes on those who earn $250,000 per year. </p> <p>"So we've got a decision to make. We can continue President Bush's economic policies -- the policies that got us here in the first place. That's the course Senator McCain would have us follow. He's said we've made 'great progress economically' under President Bush. </p> <p>Well, I disagree. We face serious issues in this election -- and have real differences. But I'm not going to assault Senator McCain's character. I'm not going to compare him to pop stars. I will, however, compare our two visions for our economic future.</p> <p>Senator McCain wants to keep giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas. I want to end them and start giving incentives to companies that create jobs here at home. Because I don't think 463,000 lost jobs this year is economic progress.</p> <p>He wants to give $300 billion worth of tax breaks to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Under his plan, more than 100 million middle class families won't see a penny in direct tax relief. I want to put a tax cut of up to $1,000 into the pockets of 95% of working Americans. And if you're a family making less than $250,000 a year, my plan won't raise your taxes one penny -- not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.</p> <p>Senator McCain is opposed to regular increases in the minimum wage -- I want to index it so that it rises with rising costs. He thinks the Earned Income Tax Credit is fine as it is -- I want to expand it. He has no plans to make childcare more affordable or help people get paid sick leave -- while I do.</p> <p>In the end, Senator McCain's plans, if you're doing spectacularly well now, you'll do even better. Otherwise, you'll likely be stuck running in place -- or fall even further behind." Remarks as prepared for delivery</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47815-obama-i-will-not-raise-taxes-for-families-that-make-250-000-or-less">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47650-lazy-lawmakers-back-on-holiday 2008-09-05T22:19:35Z Citizen Mike Logan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NqCbemZhxIE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NqCbemZhxIE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47650-lazy-lawmakers-back-on-holiday"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57104" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Democrats are playing with fire. How long do you think they will get away with zero results?</p> <p>I'll never vote for a Republican, but if you think the rank and file Democrat is going to vote for a Democratic candidate who supports FISA, you're completely crazy. I usually vote Democrat.....not Republican-Light. I wasn't aware the party changed it's platform. </p> <p>I'll stay home and wait for Hillary. At least she has the guts to fight.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47650-lazy-lawmakers-back-on-holiday">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47520-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08 2008-08-06T22:25:32Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5mwuBwF4hZQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5mwuBwF4hZQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47520-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56387" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Employee Town Hall <br />Aurora, CO 07/30/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "Senator Obama says he'll only raise taxes on the rich. But in the Senate he voted for tax hikes that would have impacted those making just $32,000 a year. He's proposed tax increases on income tax, capital gains taxes, by the way capital gains taxes, that's 100 million Americans, dividend taxes. Pretty much anything you can tax he wants to tax more. On social security he wants to raise social security taxes. I am apposed to raising taxes on social security. I want to fix the system without raising taxes. That's a debate we should have openly and in good faith." </p> <p>LABEL: JM CO 07-30 (KF#4) EFHIS -- ClipA</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47520-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47412-john-mccain-town-hall-07-29-08 2008-08-06T14:21:52Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FeY9_LhmLto&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FeY9_LhmLto&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47412-john-mccain-town-hall-07-29-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56206" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Sparks, NV 07/29/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />QUESTIONER: If you were President would you raise our taxes?</p> <p>MCCAIN: No. And that's one of the big differences between myself and Senator Obama as you know. And let me mention just one area: Capital Gains. My friends he wants to raise taxes on capital gains. There are a hundred million Americans today that have some kind of involvement in capital gains and investments that are associated with it. So basically when he tells you that he's only going to raise taxes on the rich pay close attention, look at the fine print. And whenever these kind of candidates come and say we're only going to tax the rich, some people are astonished to find themselves in that category. And so, and so please know that I think that the worse thing that could happen to America in these very tough economic times, very tough times is to raise someone's taxes. I won't do it. </p> <p>Clip Label: JM NV 07-29 (KF#3) AEGHI -- ClipB</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47412-john-mccain-town-hall-07-29-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46094-singapore-s-rules-cut-driving-boost-air-quality 2008-09-05T22:45:12Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d2tZVkXfA70&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d2tZVkXfA70&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46094-singapore-s-rules-cut-driving-boost-air-quality"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53741" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Singaporeans rate their air quality better than citizens polled in 20 of the world's most populous cities. Gallup reports from the field on how the tight restrictions on driving play a role.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46094-singapore-s-rules-cut-driving-boost-air-quality">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45465-obama-for-president-radio-ad 2008-08-25T20:48:34Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4NUkGDd2ARQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4NUkGDd2ARQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45465-obama-for-president-radio-ad"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52614" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Obama for President Radio ad slams John McCain for "making stuff up" and for being connected to Bush and Rove calling McCain, "McSame".</p> <p>The ad will begin airing July 11th in parts of Virgina and Ohio.</p> <p>Trancript:</p> <p>MAN: Oh man - he's starting already... <br />WOMAN: What now, honey?</p> <p>MAN: John McCain. He's got new ads attacking Barack Obama on taxes.</p> <p>WOMAN: Well, that's not new. Bush, McCain, Karl Rove - that's how those guys work.</p> <p>MAN: Oh yeah, but this is shameful. He's just makin' stuff up.</p> <p>WOMAN: Yeah?</p> <p>MAN: But get this. Independent sources are putting McCain in his place. I went to FactCheck dot org. They said quote "it's not true."</p> <p>WOMAN: Huh.</p> <p>MAN: And look what Time says. Quote, "It makes sense that McCain is returning to the old playbook. But that doesn't mean he can just make up his own facts." End Quote.</p> <p>WOMAN: Yowza! So what's the truth?</p> <p>MAN: Obama's plan cuts taxes on the middle class - and won't raise taxes on anybody making less than two hundred fifty thousand a year. But McCain wants billions in new corporate tax breaks...and no way to pay for it.</p> <p>WOMAN: Hmm. Sounds like George Bush all over again.</p> <p>MAN: Guess that's why they say: John McCain - McSame as Bush!</p> <p>WOMAN: Uh-huh.</p> <p>Voiceover: On taxes, get the facts. Visit BarackObama.com</p> <p>Obama: I'm Barack Obama, candidate for President, and I approve this message.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45465-obama-for-president-radio-ad">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45256-is-social-security-in-a-crisis-richard-fisher 2008-08-01T11:04:56Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2qWFQeP0KLg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2qWFQeP0KLg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45256-is-social-security-in-a-crisis-richard-fisher"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52330" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Richard_Fisher_The_Interaction_of_Fiscal_and_Monetary_Policy">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Richard Fisher, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discusses the effect of U.S. Government debt on the future of Social Security.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Inflation and Debt: The Interaction of Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Richard Fisher.</p> <p>Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, examines the twists and turns of a volatile economy.</p> <p>Richard W. Fisher assumed the office of president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on April 4, 2005. In this role, Fisher serves as a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve’s principal monetary policymaking group. During 2008, and every third year following, Fisher is a voting member of that committee.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45256-is-social-security-in-a-crisis-richard-fisher">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45045-mccain-s-fuzzy-math-on-balancing-the-budget 2008-09-01T06:57:28Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wmClK7gv2g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wmClK7gv2g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45045-mccain-s-fuzzy-math-on-balancing-the-budget"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51573" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>John McCain, appearing on CNN&#39;s &quot;American Morning,&quot; stated that despite what the numbers say, his Economic Plan that includes continuing Bush&#39;s tax cuts for the wealthy would balance the budget. CNN&#39;s John Roberts posed the question, &quot;Senator, you can&#39;t get over the fact, though, that extending the Bush tax cuts, as you want to do, and adding in your tax cuts do take the deficit number from -- we actually go from a $70 billion surplus to a $445 billion deficit. So, it&#39;s those tax cuts.&quot; </p><p>McCain avoided directly answering the question and offered a classic Republican talking point, &quot;It&#39;s Government Over Spending.&quot; McCain failed to note the exorbitant costs of the Iraq war when discussing government over spending. The United States spends approximately $275 million per day on the Iraq war and the total cost of the war is projected to to be around 3 trillion. (<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june08/warcost_03-26.html">www.pbs.org</a>) </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/45045-mccain-s-fuzzy-math-on-balancing-the-budget">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45043-mccain-i-would-imagine-that-we-are-in-a-recession 2008-07-22T11:08:08Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rULwkZ7tqkg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rULwkZ7tqkg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45043-mccain-i-would-imagine-that-we-are-in-a-recession"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51570" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain on MSNBC's Morning Joe, July 8, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45043-mccain-i-would-imagine-that-we-are-in-a-recession">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45042-mccain-and-the-tax-lady 2008-07-22T11:08:08Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h7cJ75zAqHg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h7cJ75zAqHg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45042-mccain-and-the-tax-lady"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51569" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain on MSNBC's Morning Joe, July 8, 2008, responding to comment from a supporter during town hall meeting on July 7, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45042-mccain-and-the-tax-lady">Watch the video</a>