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McCain adviser abandons misguided tax plan.

By Amanda on Mar 24th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

McCain adviser abandons misguided tax plan.»

In today’s Washington Post, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior policy adviser to Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign, writes about McCain’s plan for “turning around the economy.” But as the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s Robert Gordon notes on the Wonk Room, there “is not one word about the two massive corporate tax cuts that Sen. McCain billed, barely two months ago, as the top two items in his ‘economic stimulus plan.’

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9 Responses to “McCain adviser abandons misguided tax plan.”


  1. Fan of Man Says:

    lol, mcWHO? mcIMnotAnaturalBORNcitizen?


  2. Fritz Says:

    If he valued his career, the McCain adviser should abandon McCain…


  3. MCMetal Says:

    In today’s Washington Post, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior policy adviser to Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign, writes about McCain’s plan for “turning around the economy.”

    “More wars , less jobs”…………


  4. Chris L Says:

    If you really like the economy the way it is, and you see no problems with the last eight years, vote for McCain. He will continue to promote the same economic policies that got us to this point.


  5. tombaker Says:

    So, as of today, with the election drawing near - John McCain has no idea what to do about economic and tax policies.

    That’s reassuring.

    Maybe he shouldn’t have planned on losing the primaries again this time, as he always has in the past.


  6. Peter C Says:

    The misguided corporate tax breaks may also not be completely “abandoned”. They may have decided that they would be unpopular to mention at this point, but would dust them off when their “accountability moment” had passed. I think it may be premature to assume that they’ve corrected their thinking. Until the campaign repudiates them specifically, I think we have to assume that they are still in play.


  7. Chuck U. Farley Says:

    Hmmm…The WaPo article says “(McCain)would improve our international competitiveness with a tax credit for research and development, investment incentives and a lower corporate tax rate.
    How do you conclude that Holtz-Eakin says “not one word about the two massive corporate tax cuts…?”


  8. paleolib Says:

    Like all hamburger helper, this “plan” is completely meatless. No surprise that biz tax cuts aren’t described in detail — neither are any other solid policy proposals. Either the Post imposed a tight word count or they haven’t come up with anything yet.


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