Bush & Kerry on War, Taxes and Health Care (Fact Check)

[JPZenger]

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/10008224.htm
Philadelphia Inquirer

"Here are recent claims by the candidates and the facts behind them:

Taxes - Bush statement: "During his 20 years in the United States Senate, my opponent has voted to raise taxes 98 times. He'll raise your taxes to fund bigger government. I'm going to keep your taxes low."

Facts: Of the 98 Kerry tax votes the Bush campaign cites, 43 of them would not have increased taxes, according to a review by FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center. Many of the votes were for budgets to set target levels for spending and taxes in coming fiscal years, but would have required separate legislation to raise taxes. Others were multiple votes on the same bills.

Kerry wants to raise revenue to pay for his spending plans by increasing taxes for Americans earning $200,000 a year or more. By his estimates, that would generate $860 billion over 10 years..."