Every once in a while bogus emails get revised, recycled – and widely recirculated.
That is happening now with a viral email that purports to list income tax increases that take effect this year and that “were all passed under the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare” without Republican votes.
We first wrote about this email last year. As we said at that time, “Some of these figures aren’t accurate, and none of these increases took effect on Jan. 1, 2014, or had anything to do with the Affordable Care Act. And the claim that ‘not one Republican voted to do these’ is false.”
In fact, the tax increases listed in that email were part of the “fiscal cliff” package that passed Congress with bipartisan support.
We are now getting inundated with questions from readers about a 2015 version of the same email. This revised email has a new date (January 2015, instead of January 2014) and one additional tax claim. It says, “Top Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35%.”
The Medicare tax increase was part of the Affordable Care Act – the only tax listed in the email that was – but it took effect in January 2013, not this year. And it applies only to those who earn more than $250,000 for married couples who file jointly, $125,000 for married couples who file separately and $200,000 for all others.
Otherwise, the email is the same one we wrote about last year. Our tax advice hasn’t changed: Hit the delete button.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Detaining and Interrogating Terror Suspects
Does this guy EVER tell the truth?
Sen. Lindsey Graham went too far with his claim that the Obama administration has a policy of “not interrogating or detaining terrorist suspects anymore.” The administration no longer subjects terrorism suspects to indefinite interrogation at Guantanamo Bay — a policy Graham opposes — but it still detains and interrogates terrorism suspects.
The South Carolina Republican made his comments during a CNN interview on Jan. 7 when he was asked whether the U.S. ought to raise the terror threat level in response to the killing of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Graham said he thought the U.S. should, and he warned that sequester budget cuts would hamper intelligence gathering.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham went too far with his claim that the Obama administration has a policy of “not interrogating or detaining terrorist suspects anymore.” The administration no longer subjects terrorism suspects to indefinite interrogation at Guantanamo Bay — a policy Graham opposes — but it still detains and interrogates terrorism suspects.
The South Carolina Republican made his comments during a CNN interview on Jan. 7 when he was asked whether the U.S. ought to raise the terror threat level in response to the killing of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Graham said he thought the U.S. should, and he warned that sequester budget cuts would hamper intelligence gathering.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Answers
Shameful that gazillionaires who don't have to worry about health care spend their resources trying to prevent the rest of us from having access. There needs to be laws put in place prohibiting misinformation campaigns such as this being broadcast over the public airwaves. I am so sick of ignorant/greedy Republican's. I wish we could split the country and let them go live amongst themselves and eat eachother rather than have all of us dragged down with them.
From "American's United for Change"
Last week, the Koch brother-funded illegal nonprofit, Americans for Prosperity, launched an indefensible million dollar ad campaign intended to spread misinformation about the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare.”
Their first campaign ad, titled “Questions”, was released early last week and was packed with lies and deceit designed to scare Americans about the much needed and long-awaited health reform.
I would list all of the deceitful claims here, but I will let our trusty doctor, the trusty pediatrician, Dr. Sanjeev Sriram, eviscerate every Koch-produced lie one by one in a response video titled “Answers” from the National Physicians Alliance and Americans United for Change (BELOW), shattering very false narrative with informative truth and facts regarding “Obamacare”. It’s imperative that every American sees this video, lest we allow these corporatist billionaires to capture the public narrative and scare Americans into not embracing a program that will be beneficial to their health, not to mention their bank accounts.
While the Koch brothers are counting on their shameless campaign in order to spread misinformation about this important reform that will improve access and quality of care for tens of millions of Americans, it is up to every informed American to spread the facts about Pres. Obama’s signature achievement.
From "American's United for Change"
Last week, the Koch brother-funded illegal nonprofit, Americans for Prosperity, launched an indefensible million dollar ad campaign intended to spread misinformation about the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare.”
Their first campaign ad, titled “Questions”, was released early last week and was packed with lies and deceit designed to scare Americans about the much needed and long-awaited health reform.
I would list all of the deceitful claims here, but I will let our trusty doctor, the trusty pediatrician, Dr. Sanjeev Sriram, eviscerate every Koch-produced lie one by one in a response video titled “Answers” from the National Physicians Alliance and Americans United for Change (BELOW), shattering very false narrative with informative truth and facts regarding “Obamacare”. It’s imperative that every American sees this video, lest we allow these corporatist billionaires to capture the public narrative and scare Americans into not embracing a program that will be beneficial to their health, not to mention their bank accounts.
While the Koch brothers are counting on their shameless campaign in order to spread misinformation about this important reform that will improve access and quality of care for tens of millions of Americans, it is up to every informed American to spread the facts about Pres. Obama’s signature achievement.
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