The Fiscal Times: Why Presidential Ads Will Flunk the FTC Sniff Test

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By JOSH BOAK, The Fiscal Times
August 9, 2012

TV viewers are already getting swamped with ads for President Obama and Mitt Romney—and the 30-second bursts of hype and hyperbole are only going to multiply as November approaches. Campaigns and Super PACs have reportedly spent a combined $350 million so far on TV commercials, mostly aimed at voters in swing states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.

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Millionaires would pay “a little more” under Obama:

Those three vague words “a little more” appearing multiple times in Obama ads leave a lot to the imagination... On the other hand, someone making $1 million to $2 million—the entry level for modern day millionaires—would on average owe the IRS another $57,308 a year, according to analysis by Citizens for Tax Justice.

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