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Fri 6 Aug, 2004 09:54 pm
All of the people on the left that have attacked the Bush tax cuts,now it seems you have
attacked the wrong person/party.
According to John Kerry,the Bush tax cuts were actually DEMOCRAT tax cuts that Bush took
and claimed as his own.
If that is the case,then the left owes Bush an apology,he didn't come up with the tax
cuts,the Dems did.
Here are Kerry's own words on the subject...
"KERRY: When Dean said, "What middle-class tax cut," let me tell him. The Burnett family
earned $70,000. But under his plan, they are going to pay $2,178 more in taxes because
they lose the child credit, they pay a penalty for being married again because he puts it
back, and they lose the 10 percent bracket. Those aren't Bush cuts, those are the Democrat
cuts that we worked hard to put in place to protect the middle class.
Source: Democratic Presidential 2004 Primary Debate in Detroit Oct 27, 2003
10% bracket in Bush tax cuts was Democrats' idea
The 10% bracket [in the Bush tax plan] wasn't Bush's idea. It was our idea. It was in
keeping with the spirit of the Democratic party to try to help the average American get
ahead. Increasingly, average Americans are getting stomped on; there's an unfairness in
the workplace; corporate executives are walking away with millions and sticking the
average American with the bill. We can cut the deficit in half, we can be fiscally
responsible, but we don't have to do it on the backs of the middle class.
Source: Debate at Pace University in Lower Manhattan Sep 25, 2003
Bush tax cuts reach 32 million in middle class
Q [to Kerry]: Dean suggested he will roll back the increases in some middle-class tax
benefits [in the Bush tax cuts]. You have suggested that anyone who walks away from the
middle class is not a true Democrat.
KERRY: We Democrats fought hard to put those tax cuts in place. Those represent trying to
reach the middle class of America. I think Governor Dean is absolutely wrong. And he's
wrong on his facts. The fact is that 32 million American couples get about $1,000 out of
the tax cut. The fact is that 16 million American families get $1,500 to $3,000 from it.
Source: Debate at Pace University in Lower Manhattan Sep 25, 2003
So,I guess we can thank the Dems for our tax cuts,or if you are on the left you can blame
the dems.
Either way,apparently Bush didn't do it.