While we are debunking Obama's health proposal, let's tackle this one. When asked if Obama's plan would raise taxes on households earning less than $250,000 a year, Obama's chief dog-washer, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, says that he is "not sure." Do I need to explain .. again .. how increasing taxes on households earning less than $250,000 a year would be a break of Obama's pledge? Let's see, what did The Community Organizer say? Something like "I can make a firm pledge: Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase--not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes," he said this in Dover, N.H., on Sept. 12, 2008. So let's clear this one up for Robert Gibbs, shall we?

The Heritage Foundation has an excellent breakdown of the tax increases included in Obama's healthcare plan. But here are a few specific examples of taxes that would break Obama's $250,000 pledge:

• Excise tax on medical device manufacturers;
• Fee on brand name pharmaceuticals;
• 10 percent tax on tanning services;
• Reduce the amount families can place in Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and increase the penalties for non-medical deductions from Health Savings Accounts (HSA); and
• Higher taxes on health insurance companies and producers of medicine.

There that wasn't so hard now, was it? I wonder if the Republicans will be bringing these tax hikes to the table today during their summit?