Joe Biden gave fresh ammunition to Republicans yesterday by condradicting the campaign’s position that they would define wealthy as those making above $250,000 and not place taxes on those making less. Biden instead said:

“What we’re saying is, that $87 billion tax break doesn’t need to go to people making an average of $1.4 million… It should go to middle-class people, people who make $150,000 a year.” blockquote>

The McCain campaign jumped on the remark saying:

“It’s interesting how their definition of ‘rich’ has a way of creeping down,” McCain said.

“Senator Obama has made a lot of promises. First, he said people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan.

“Then, this weekend, he announced in an ad that if you’re a family making less than $200,000 you’ll benefit – but yesterday right here in Pennsylvania, Senator Biden said tax relief should only go to ‘middle-class people’ – people making under $150,000 a year.

“At this rate, it won’t be long before Senator Obama is right back to his vote that Americans making just $42,000 a year should get a tax increase.

The Obama campaign responded by calling McCain’s attack desperate:

“No family making less than $250,000 will see their tax increases one cent, and if your family makes less than $200,000 – as 95 percent of workers and their families do – you’ll get a tax cut.”