<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>
Not Found
|
Change.gov
</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="copyright" content="" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/page/-/wrapper/js/jquery.thickbox-compressed.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery/">
</script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://change.gov/?css=styles/index" media="all"/>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://change.gov/?css=styles/new" media="all"/>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://change.gov/?css=styles/to-be-merged" media="all"/>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://change.gov/?css=styles/thickbox" media="all"/>
<!--[if IE 6]>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://change.gov/?css=styles/ie6"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/page/-/wrapper/js/jquery.ifixpng.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery.ifixpng('/page/-/wrapper/img/pixel.gif'); jQuery('#column2, .pngfix').ifixpng(); });
</script>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://change.gov/?css=styles/ie7"/>
<![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6215557-1"); pageTracker._setDomainName("change.gov"); pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>
</head>
<body class="agenda ">
<body class="">
<script>
function findTrackingCookie(name) { var cookiePrefix = "__ofa_t_"; var cookieSuffix = "_count"; return document.cookie.indexOf(cookiePrefix + name + cookieSuffix) >
= 0; }
</script>
<div style="display:none">
<a href="#featurecontent">
Skip
To
Content
</a>
</div>
<div style="display:none">
<a href="#mainnav">
Skip
To
Navigation
</a>
</div>
<div id="house">
<div id="top">
<div id="header">
<div id="skyline" class="clearfix">
<div id="countdown">
<span id="countdownDate">
Friday, November 07,
Sunday, November 09,
2008
</span>
<span id="countdownDivider">
|
</span>
<span id="countdownDaysleft">
74
72
Days
Until
Inauguration
</span>
</div>
<div id="quickSignup">
<form name="signup" action="/page/signup" method="post">
<input type="text" id="quickSignupEmail" tabindex="1" name="email" class="swap_value" value="Email Address">
<input type="text" id="quickSignupZip" tabindex="2" name="zip" class="swap_value" value="Zip Code">
<input type="image" alt="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit" src="/page/-/wrapper/img/button_submit.png" />
</form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div#skyline -->
<div id="banner">
<h1 id="logo">
<a href="/">
<span class="distext">
Change.gov
-
The
Official
Web
Site
of
the
The
U.S.
Presidential
Transition
</span>
</a>
</h1>
<div id="quoteblock">
"Today
we
begin
in
earnest
the
work
of
making
sure
that
the
world
we
leave
our
children
is
just
a
little
bit
better
than
the
one
we
inhabit
today."
-
President-Elect
Barack
Obama
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div#header -->
<div id="navChange">
<ul>
<li id="nav-home">
<a href="/" title="Home">
Home
</a>
</li>
<li id="nav-newsroom">
<a href="/newsroom/" title="Newsroom">
Newsroom
</a>
<!--
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/blog/">
The Blog
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/latest/">
Latest News
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/events/">
Upcoming Events
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/press/">
Press Room
</a>
</li>
</ul>
-->
</li>
<li id="nav-blog">
<a href="/newsroom/blog/">
The
Blog
</a>
</li>
<li id="nav-learn">
<a href="/learn/" title="Learn">
Learn
</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/learn/presidentelect">
The
President
Elect
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/learn/vicepresidentelect">
The
Vice
President
Elect
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/learn/transition">
The
Transition
</a>
</li>
<!--
<li>
<a href="/learn/inauguration">
The Inauguration
</a>
</li>
-->
<li>
<a href="/learn/administration">
The
Administration
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="nav-agenda">
<a href="/agenda/" title="Agenda">
Agenda
</a>
<ul>
<!--
<li>
<a href="/agenda/100_days/">
The First 100 Days
</a>
</li>
-->
<li class="col" id="firsticol">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/civilrights/">
Civil Rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/defense/">
Defense
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/disabilities/">
Disabilities
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/economy/">
Economy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/education/">
Education
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/energyenvironment/">
Energy & Environment
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/ethics/">
Ethics
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/faith/">
Faith
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/family/">
Family
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/fiscal/">
Fiscal
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/foreignpolicy/">
Foreign Policy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/healthcare/">
Healthcare
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/homelandsecurity/">
Homeland Security
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="col" id="secondicol">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/immigration/">
Immigration
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/iraq/">
Iraq
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/poverty/">
Poverty
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/rural/">
Rural
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/service/">
Service
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/seniors/">
Seniors & Social Security
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/taxes/">
Taxes
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/technology/">
Technology
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/urbanpolicy/">
Urban Policy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/veterans/">
Veterans
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/women/">
Women
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/additionalissues/">
Additional Issues
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="clear-both">
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</li>
<li id="nav-moment">
<a href="/page/content/americanmoment" title="American Moment">
American
Moment
</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/page/s/yourstory">
Share
Your
Story
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/page/s/yourvision">
Share
Your
Vision
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="nav-serves">
<a href="/americaserves/" title="America Serves">
America
Serves
</a>
<!-- COMMENT OUT AMERICA SERVES
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/americaserves/plan">
Service Plan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/americaserves/serve">
Find a Way to Serve
</a>
</li>
</ul>
-->
</li>
<li id="nav-workforce">
<a href="/page/s/application" title="Workforce">
Jobs
</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/page/s/application">
Apply
Now
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="nav-about">
<a href="/about/" title="About">
About
</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/page/s/contact">
Contact
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://directory.presidentialtransition.gov">
GSA
Transition
Directory
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/about/accessibility">
Accessibility
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/about/privacypolicy">
Privacy
Policy
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<div id="nav-search">
<form method="post" action="http://change.gov/" >
<div class='hiddenFields'>
<input type="hidden" name="ACT" value="19" />
<input type="hidden" name="XID" value="b04ab798436fca74bf54958e70cb891510f59a35" />
<input type="hidden" name="XID" value="9d30f160176089d5b985f6303b048dd76555e148" />
<input type="hidden" name="RP" value="search/results" />
<input type="hidden" name="NRP" value="search/no-results" />
<input type="hidden" name="RES" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="status" value="not closed|hidden" />
<input type="hidden" name="weblog" value="blog|press|news|events|live|pages|authors" />
<input type="hidden" name="search_in" value="everywhere" />
<input type="hidden" name="where" value="all" />
<input type="hidden" name="site_id" value="1" />
</div>
<input type="text" id="keywords" name="keywords" />
<input type="hidden" name="search_in" value="entries" />
<input type="hidden" name="where" value="any" />
<input type="image" alt="Submit" name="search" value="Submit" src="/page/-/wrapper/img/button_search.png" />
</form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div#nav -->
</div>
<!-- END div#top -->
<a name="featurecontent">
</a>
<div id="content" class="clearfix">
<div id="column1">
<div class="moduleHeader">
<h3>
Agenda
</h3>
</div>
<div class="page_content" id="page_content_agenda">
<div style="float:right">
<a href="/page/s/ofthepeople">
<img src="/page/-/wrapper/img/ideas_sidebar.gif" border="0" />
</a>
</div>
<blockquote>
Barack Obama’s tax plan delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and cuts taxes for small businesses and companies that create jobs in America, while restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility. Coupled with Obama’s commitment to invest in key areas like health, clean energy, innovation and education, his tax plan will help restore bottom-up economic growth that helps create good jobs in America and empowers all families achieve the American dream.
</blockquote>
<p>
</p>
<h1>
Obama’s Comprehensive Tax Policy Plan for America will:
</h1>
<ul>
<li>
Cut taxes for 95 percent of workers and their families with a tax cut of $500 for workers or $1,000 for working couples.
</li>
<li>
Provide generous tax cuts for low- and middle-income seniors, homeowners, the uninsured, and families sending a child to college or looking to save and accumulate wealth.
</li>
<li>
Eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses, cut corporate taxes for firms that invest and create jobs in the United States, and provide tax credits to reduce the cost of healthcare and to reward investments in innovation.
</li>
<li>
Dramatically simplify taxes by consolidating existing tax credits, eliminating the need for millions of senior citizens to file tax forms, and enabling as many as 40 million middle-class Americans to do their own taxes in less than five minutes without an accountant.
</li>
</ul>
<h1>
Under the Obama Plan:
</h1>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>
Middle class families will see their taxes cut – and no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase.
</strong>
The typical middle class family will receive well over $1,000 in tax relief under the Obama plan, and will pay tax rates that are 20% lower than they faced under President Reagan. According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama plan provides three times as much tax relief for middle class families as the McCain plan.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Families making more than $250,000 will pay either the same or lower tax rates than they paid in the 1990s.
</strong>
Obama will ask the wealthiest 2% of families to give back a portion of the tax cuts they have received over the past eight years to ensure we are restoring fairness and returning to fiscal responsibility. But no family will pay higher tax rates than they would have paid in the 1990s. In fact, dividend rates would be 39 percent lower than what President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut.
</li>
<li>
<strong>
Obama’s plan will cut taxes overall, reducing revenues to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan
</strong>
(less than 18.2 percent of GDP). The Obama tax plan is a net tax cut – his tax relief for middle class families is larger than the revenue raised by his tax changes for families over $250,000. Coupled with his commitment to cut unnecessary spending, Obama will pay for this tax relief while bringing down the budget deficit.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
</p>
<h1>
Impact of the Obama Tax Plan
</h1>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<table style="padding: 10px; text-align: left;" border="1" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
WHO
</span>
</td>
<td style="padding: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
TAX CUT
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 10px; font-weight: bold;">
Married Couple Making $75,000 with two children, one of whom is in college
</td>
<td style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
$3,700
</span>
<br />
[includes $1,000 Making Work Pay; $500 universal mortgage credit; and $4,000 college credit net of current college credits]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 10px; font-weight: bold;">
Married Couple making $90,000
</td>
<td style="padding: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
$1,000
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 10px; font-weight: bold;">
Single Parent making $40,000 with two young children and childcare expenses.
</td>
<td style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
$2,100
</span>
<br />
[includes $500 making work pay; $500 universal mortgage credit, and $1,100 from Obama expansion of the child care tax credit]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 10px; font-weight: bold;">
70-Year Old Widow Making $35,000
</td>
<td style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
$1,900
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>
<strong>
Source
</strong>
: Calculations based on IRS Statistics of Income. Tax savings is conservative; does not account for up to $500 in savings from expanded Savers Credit and the $2,500 in savings per family from the Obama healthcare plan
<!-- Google Analytics -->
<script type="text/javascript">
pageTracker._trackPageview("/404.html?page=" + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + "&from=" + document.referrer);
</script>
<!-- END Google Analytics -->
<div class="page_content" id="page_content_404">
<p>
<div class="entry">
<span class="message">
The page you requested is not available right now.
</span>
</div>
<div class="entry">
</div>
</p>
</div>
<!-- END div.page_content -->
</div>
<!-- END div#column1-->
<div id="column2">
<div class="module" id="moduleSideUpcomingEvents">
<div class="moduleHeader">
<h3>
Upcoming
Events
</h3>
</div>
<div class="moduleInner">
<div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
<img src="/page/-/wrapper/img/inauguration.png" class="pngfix" width="260" alt="The Inauguration Event">
</div>
<!--
<div class="more">
<a href="/newsroom/events/">
More Events
</a>
</div>
-->
</div>
<!-- END div.moduleInner -->
</div>
<!-- END div.module -->
<div class="module" id="moduleSideAgenda">
<div class="moduleHeader">
<h3>
The Agenda
</h3>
</div>
<div class="moduleInner">
<ol>
<!--
<li class="agendaOn">
<div class="agendaVisual">
<a href="">
<img src="/page/-/side/agenda_1.png" alt="" />
</a>
</div>
<h4>
<a href="">
The First 100 Days
</a>
</h4>
<p>
lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ...
</p>
<div style="clear:both">
</div>
</li>
-->
<li>
</li>
<li>
<h4>
<a href="/agenda/economy/">
Revitalizing the Economy
</a>
</h4>
</li>
<li>
<h4>
<a href="/agenda/iraq/">
Ending the War in Iraq
</a>
</h4>
</li>
<li>
<h4>
<a href="/agenda/healthcare/">
Providing Health Care for All
</a>
</h4>
</li>
<li>
<h4>
<a href="/agenda/homelandsecurity/">
Protecting America
</a>
</h4>
</li>
<li>
<h4>
<a href="/agenda/foreignpolicy/">
Renewing American Global Leadership
</a>
</h4>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="more">
<a href="/agenda/">
More Issues
</a>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div.moduleInner -->
</div>
<a href="/agenda/">
The Agenda
</a>
</h3>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div.module -->
<div class="module" id="moduleSideAdministration">
<div class="moduleHeader">
<h3>
Your
Administration
</h3>
</div>
<div class="moduleInner">
<div style="background: url(/page/-/wrapper/img/administration_barack3.png) no-repeat;" class="entry entry1 pngfix">
<h4>
<a href="/learn/presidentelect/">
President-Elect
<br />
Barack
Obama
</a>
</h4>
</div>
<div style="background: url(/page/-/side/administration_biden.png) no-repeat;" class="entry entry1 pngfix">
<h4>
<a href="/learn/vicepresidentelect/">
Vice
President-Elect
<br />
Joe
Biden
</a>
</h4>
<!--
<div class="more">
<a href="/learn/">
More Bios
</a>
</div>
-->
</div>
<div style="clear:both">
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div.moduleInner -->
</div>
<!-- END div.module -->
<div class="module" id="moduleSideTransition">
<div class="moduleHeader">
<h3>
Transition
Directory
</h3>
</div>
<div class="moduleInner">
<div class="entry entry1 clearfix">
<img src="/page/-/side/transition.png" class="float-right-pad" />
<h4>
<a href="http://directory.presidentialtransition.gov">
GSA
Transition
Directory
</a>
</h4>
<p>
The
Transition
Directory
was
developed
to
introduce
Presidential
nominees,
appointees,
and
members
of
the
President-elect's
Transition
Team
to
the
operation
of
the
Federal
government
and
to
the
resources
available
to
help
them
begin
their
service
in
the
new
Administration.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div.moduleInner -->
</div>
<!-- END div.module -->
</div>
<!-- END div#column2 -->
<div class="clear-both">
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div#content -->
</div>
<!-- END div#house -->
<div class="clear-both" style="height:0px">
</div>
<div id="bottom">
<div class="footer footer-nav clearfix">
<ul id="newsroom-footer-nav">
<li>
Newsroom
</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/blog/">
The
Blog
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/latest/">
Latest
News
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/events/">
Upcoming
Events
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/newsroom/press/">
Press
Room
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul id="learn-footer-nav">
<li>
Learn
</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/learn/presidentelect/">
The
President
Elect
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/learn/vicepresidentelect/">
The
Vice
President
Elect
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/learn/transition/">
the
Transition
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/learn/inauguration/">
The
Inauguration
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/learn/administration/">
The
Administration
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul id="agenda-footer-nav">
<li>
The Agenda
</li>
<li class="agenda-left">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/civilrights/">
Civil Rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/defense/">
Defense
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/disabilities/">
Disabilities
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/economy/">
Economy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/education/">
Education
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/energyenvironment/">
Energy & Environment
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/ethics/">
Ethics
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/faith/">
Faith
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/family/">
Family
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/fiscal/">
Fiscal
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/foreignpolicy/">
Foreign Policy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/healthcare/">
Healthcare
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/homelandsecurity/">
Homeland Security
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="agenda-right">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/immigration/">
Immigration
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/iraq/">
Iraq
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/poverty/">
Poverty
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/rural/">
Rural
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/service/">
Service
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/seniors/">
Seniors & Social Security
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/taxes/">
Taxes
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/technology/">
Technology
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/urbanpolicy/">
Urban Policy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/veterans/">
Veterans
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/women/">
Women
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/agenda/additionalissues/">
Additional Issues
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul id="column5-footer-nav">
<li>
American
Moment
</li>
<li>
<ul id="americanmoment-footer-nav">
<li>
<a href="/page/s/yourstory">
Share
Your
Story
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/page/s/yourvision">
Share
Your
Vision
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Jobs
</li>
<li>
<ul id="workforce-footer-nav">
<li>
<a href="/page/s/application">
Apply
Now
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul id="column6-footer-nav">
<li>
America
Serves
</li>
<li>
<!--
<ul id="americaserves-footer-nav">
<li>
<a href="/americaserves/plan">
Service Plan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/americaserves/serve">
Find a Way to Serve
</a>
</li>
</ul>
-->
</li>
<li>
About
this
Site
</li>
<li>
<ul id="site-footer-nav">
<li>
<a href="/page/s/contact">
Contact
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://directory.presidentialtransition.gov/">
GSA
Transition
Directory
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/about/accessibility">
Accessibility
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/about/privacypolicy">
Privacy
Policy
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="baseline">
<!--
<div class="clearfix">
<div id="baseleft" class="l more" style="float:left">
<a href="/">
www.change.gov
</a>
</div>
<div id="baseright" class="r more align-right" style="text-align:right;float:right">
<a href="/page/s/contact">
Contact
</a>
|
<a href="/pages/privacypolicy">
Privacy Policy
</a>
</div>
</div>
-->
<div class="more" style="text-align:center" id="copyright">
Content
copyright
©
2008
by
Obama-Biden
Transition
Project,
a
501c(4)
organization.
All
rights
reserved.
</div>
</div>
<!-- END div#baseline-->
</div>
<!-- END div#bottom -->
<div style="display:none" id="tb_external">
<h3>
You
are
exiting
Change.gov
</h3>
<p>
Thank
you
for
visiting
our
site.
Click
below
to
visit
the
external
link
you've
requested:
</p>
<p id="tb_external_thelink">
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>