No proposal to end taxes for seniors making less than $50,000

PolitiFact by Angie Drobnic Holan | Apr. 16, 2009 (News Analysis)
Barack Obama Campaign Promise No. 24

President Obama's campaign pledge to end taxes for seniors making less than $50,000 has fallen off the radar.

It wasn't part of the tax cuts in the economic stimulus bill, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It wasn't in Obama's first budget outline, which was approved by Congress on April 2, 2009. And it's not part of any proposed legislation that we can find.

Today, on Tax Day, Obama gave a speech in which he ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 16, 2009

Informative fact-checking work from PolitiFact about a campaign promise from Barack Obama to end income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000. This well-researched update notes that this pledge has been forgotten, leading the authors to conclude that this promise was broken. Good sourcing overall, though it's unfortunate that the White House could not be reached for comments on this matter.

Be sure to check PolitiFact's excellent 'Obameter' (see link), which tracks more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and rates their status. As of this date, 26 promises have been kept, while 6 were broken, 59 are in the works and 413 show now action.

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