GOP still doesn't care about poor/middle income people.

Letter writing.

You might want to create your own letter and send it out.

It's all W's fault...

Idiots

Tax cuts

Just trying to understand where conservative values come from...

Trickle Down Economy

Is the trickle-down economic plan working yet?

We tried tax cuts under W to encourage the economy. How's that working for us?

Programs at risk vs. tax breaks

What it's all about, Alfie

Republican thinking

From a post on Daily Kos that summarizes public punditry of the day...

Friday punditry.

Paul Krugman:

Republicans are feeling good about the midterms — so good that they’ve started saying what they really think. This week the party’s Senate leadership stopped pretending that it cares about deficits, stating explicitly that while we can’t afford to aid the unemployed or prevent mass layoffs of schoolteachers, cost is literally no object when it comes to tax cuts for the affluent.

Republican health care plan - at long last - tax cuts

From Acerbic Politics

Tax Cuts

From Acerbic Politics

Republican Solution

From Acerbic Politics

Demonstrating For the Trickle Down Economy

Billionaires for Bush demonstrate for more tax cuts for the rich. We all know that when they reach $10 billion each, the rest of us sort of feel wealthier as well.

The McCain Tax Cuts - Rewarding the Wealthy

Perceptions Are An Important Part of the Political Process

The last President (and the only President within the last 60 years) t0 cut spending and balance the federal budget for 3 straight years was Bill Clinton - a Democrat. (CNN wrote, in September of 2000, "It is the third year in a row the federal government has taken in more than it spent, and has paid down the debt. The last time the U.S. government had a third consecutive year of national debt reduction was 1949, said the official."

The Republicans, on the other hand, love to spend money they don't have - just like the vast majority of Americans. There is clearly a strong love by people who love to spend money they don't have for government leaders who spend money they don't have.

And one of the things you've got to love about John McCain's bid for the Presidency is that he's clearly ready to spend MORE of the money the government won't have as he plans to cut taxes even further at a time when the government is pending over a trillion dollars to bail out rich folks.

What is even more intriguing about the stupidity of the average American is the fact that they still cling to the Republican canard that Democrats are all "tax and spend liberals."

What a hoot. You've got love it. And what prompted this tirade of mine? See the following two charts which show that, even though 95% of Americans would get a tax DECREASE under Barack Obama's economic plan for the country, over 50% believe their taxes will go up under his Presidency.

I guess it makes sense that our nation should go bankrupt when the majority of our citizens are financial and political idiots.

Biden Defends Obama Tax Cuts/Increases

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Factoid

In 2006, the president's tax policy resulted in an average tax benefit of $23 for Americans in the lowest 20 percent of personal income. The middle 20 percent of Americans received a benefit of $748, The top 1 percent of Americans received an average tax benefit of $39,000. Individuals making more than $10 million a year saw their tax bill decrease by an average of $500,000,