DNC Releases New Video: ‘Five Million’

McCain's '$5 Million Gaffe,' Keeping Phil Gramm in the Fold Show How Out of

                              Touch McCain Is



    WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 /EMWNews/ -- The Democratic National

Committee today released a new video called "Five Million" that uses

McCain's own words, the impact of his tax plan and reports that McCain is

still considering former Senator Phil Gramm as a potential Treasury

Secretary to show how out of touch he is with the challenges facing

America's working families.



    While McCain's own household would receive a tax cut of more than

$370,000, middle class families will see a cut of just $319 from the McCain

tax plan, with 101 million households receiving nothing. Instead of

offering working families tax relief, McCain and advisors like Phil Gramm

-- who the New York Times reports is still being considered a possible

Treasury Secretary pick by the McCain campaign -- have dismissed those

challenges as "psychological" and complained about America becoming "a

nation of whiners."



    "John McCain's 'leave no millionaire behind' economic agenda may make

sense to Phil Gramm, but the 101 million households that will get nothing

under the McCain tax plan understand how out of touch he is when it comes

to the economic challenges facing America's families," said DNC spokesman

Damien LaVera. "Since John McCain thinks only people making more than $5

million are rich, it is no wonder his tax plan would hand hundreds of

thousands of dollars in new tax giveaways to millionaires or that his

potential treasury secretary thinks our country is 'a nation of whiners'."




    To see the video, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-0pedQeGw





    DNC Video: "Five Million"

    Script

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-0pedQeGw

    QUESTION: "Define 'rich.' Give me a number. Give me a specific number.

Where do you move from middle class to rich?



    MCCAIN: "If you're just talking about income, how about five million?"



    TEXT: Only 1 out of 1,000 Americans Make More Than $5 Million. [Los

Angeles Times, 8/18/08]



    MCCAIN: "I don't want to take any money from the rich."



    TEXT: In 2006, the McCains reported over $6 million dollars in income.

[Washington Times, 8/18/08]



    QUESTION: Is it $100,000? Is it $50,000? Is it $200 --



    TEXT: The McCains Will Save Over $370,000 Under His Tax Plan. [Center

for American Progress Action Fund, 6/19/08]



    TEXT: And What About the Rest of Us?



    GRAMM: "We've sort of become a nation of whiners ... and yet you just

here this constant whining and complaining."



    TEXT: Savings for Middle Class Americans Under McCain's Plan: $319

[Source: $38k-$66k/yr, CNN Money, 6/11/08]



    TEXT: 101,000,000 American Households Get Nothing. [Bloomberg News,

7/6/08]






    MCCAIN: "But the point is, the point is, the point is ... "



    TEXT: The point is John McCain is out of touch.

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