Greetings, you're listening to Podcast number 144 of Blast the Right.

I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.

Today, you'll hear all about Obama's proposed tax code changes.

The pros, the cons, and the lies the right is telling about them.

Along the way, you can listen to Sean Hannity tell perhaps his biggest lie of all time,

at least as far as numerical exaggeration.

And, beyond just fighting against right-wing attacks, you'll get some ammo to put the right on the defensive on this tax issue.

A bonus, I'm sending you via a separate download of very funny and relevant cartoon by my friend Matt Boers.

Oh, let's get right into it.

Your sources today include the New York Times, Media Matters.org,

fairness and accuracy in reporting, taxpolicycenter.org, newsmax.com, CNN.com, and the Gallup polling organization.

President Obama recently presented some fairly detailed proposals to make changes in the tax code.

This is sure to be a major subject of controversy in the months ahead.

Here's a roadmap for you of today's show.

First, I'll give you some historical background about where we stand economic justice-wise.

Next, the details of Obama's plan.

Knowing exactly what's in there is crucial because it's already being distorted big time by the right.

Following that, by evaluation of Obama's proposal.

Then, onto debunking what you've come to expect, a campaign applies from the right.

Finally, saving perhaps the best for last, you'll hear about a proposed financial transactions tax.

It would raise hundreds of billions of dollars, almost effortlessly, with actually beneficial effect.

Now, you'll be seeing that part to this podcast unavoidably involve lots of numbers and percentages.

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