Kerry Blasts Bush's Tax Cuts (CBO Report)

[Joanne98]

SPRINGFIELD, Oregon (AP) -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Friday assailed President Bush's tax cuts as the latest congressional report showed that three rounds of reductions lowered taxes for the wealthy.

"Over the last four years, the burden of taxes has shifted from the wealthy to the middle class," the Democratic presidential nominee said at a front-porch event. "The middle class is paying more taxes."

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, in a report released Friday, said that those in the top 1 percent of income got a bigger tax cut than those in the middle brackets. Kerry's economic platform calls for withdrawing tax cuts that went to those earning $200,000 or more, but Bush has said those tax cuts benefit small business and other job creators.

The Bush-Cheney campaign defended the president's tax policies and argued that Kerry has voted to increase taxes. "The president has lowered taxes for every American," said campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt.


http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/13/kerry.friday.ap/index.html

Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy:)

[DaveinMD]

1. nothing either campaign does

will break through the hurricane story today.

[Joanne98]

2. I know but at least he's trying.

Not much you can do with the "Info Porn".

[MoonRiver]

5. Won't be the last chance Kerry has to hammer this one in!

:eyes:

[ClintonTyree]

3. In their mind..............

they have lowered taxes for all Americans. The rich are the only people they consider to be Americans. The rest of us are a sub-class that exist only for their service.

[MoonRiver]

4. I just read this. My first thought was: final nail in AWOL's coffin

(politically speaking, of course). Kerry is using this info as he should. Americans need to have their eyes opened wide to the threats we face from the illegitimate and disastrous * regime.

[RodneyCK2]

6. Here is another link regarding this same news/topic...

I like the headline, ha ha..

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=2&u=/nm/20040813/pl_nm/campaign_taxes_cbo_dc