# What is the take from Obama's tax plan?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-take-from-obamas-tax-plan/468893>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-take-from-obamas-tax-plan/468893 "2008-10-21T15:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-take-from-obamas-tax-plan/468893/1 "2008-10-21T15:07:24Z")

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Does anyone know how much money the gov’t will receive based on Obama’s tax plan? I realize that it is impossible to get that to the penny, but can it be calculated roughly?

Bonus question: same questions vis a vis McCain.

Thanks,  
Rob

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-take-from-obamas-tax-plan/468893/2 "2008-10-21T15:48:21Z")

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> [@sweeteviljesus](#):
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> Does anyone know how much money the gov’t will receive based on Obama’s tax plan? I realize that it is impossible to get that to the penny, but can it be calculated roughly?
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> Bonus question: same questions vis a vis McCain.
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> Thanks,  
> Rob

Total tax receipts are impossible to predict because we don’t know how many people will be employed, how much they’ll make, and how their investments will do- ie., we don’t know what the taxable base is.

If we assume that some things remain static (job growth, inflation, etc.) you can project the receipts.

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**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-take-from-obamas-tax-plan/468893/3 "2008-10-21T19:28:10Z")

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Can we predict it within $100 billion or so?

Thanks,  
Rob