By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan ignited plenty of sparks in the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night and President Barack Obama’s health care law came in for its usual thumping. In both cases, the facts took a bit of a beating as well.
A look at the accuracy of some of the claims in the Las Vegas debate:
HERMAN CAIN: “It does not raise taxes on those that are making the least.”
THE FACTS: An independent analysis of his tax plan, released Tuesday, concluded otherwise. The Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank, said Cain’s plan would increase taxes on 84 percent of U.S. households, hitting low- and medium-income households the hardest. The analysis said that households making $10,000 to $20,000 would see whopping tax increases averaging $2,705 – an increase of nearly 950 percent.