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acroyearBasically, the Republicans are accusing the Democrats of "wanting" and "planning" to increase taxes on "families" by $2000 if they get elected.
I thought this was just the anti-Webb ads, but it shows up in Republican-sponsored anti-Democrat ads all across the country.
It is, of course, spin.
What it really means is that the Democrats are likely to not make the (MANY) Bush tax cuts permanent, so when they expire in 2011, that average $2000 that was cut from the lower and lower-middle class tax burden will likely come back.
The reality is that the Democrats are likely, if they hold the House after 2008's elections (and have a sympathetic new President, regardless of party), to simply propose a whole new tax plan that will ease that burden on families while undoing the ridiculously out of whack tax cuts on the top 1%.
But Republican campaigners, policy-makers, and spin-meisters are hardly likely to look at reality anymore...they haven't for the last decade as far as I'm concerned...
Right now, Democrats can't campaign on that truth yet because 1) they know it will be spun even worse as an admission they plan to "raise taxes" (even if it's just for the ones who can easily afford it), and 2) they are still beholden to corporate overlords as much as Republicans are for funding and aren't yet ready to piss off that financial source yet.
I thought this was just the anti-Webb ads, but it shows up in Republican-sponsored anti-Democrat ads all across the country.
It is, of course, spin.
What it really means is that the Democrats are likely to not make the (MANY) Bush tax cuts permanent, so when they expire in 2011, that average $2000 that was cut from the lower and lower-middle class tax burden will likely come back.
The reality is that the Democrats are likely, if they hold the House after 2008's elections (and have a sympathetic new President, regardless of party), to simply propose a whole new tax plan that will ease that burden on families while undoing the ridiculously out of whack tax cuts on the top 1%.
But Republican campaigners, policy-makers, and spin-meisters are hardly likely to look at reality anymore...they haven't for the last decade as far as I'm concerned...
Right now, Democrats can't campaign on that truth yet because 1) they know it will be spun even worse as an admission they plan to "raise taxes" (even if it's just for the ones who can easily afford it), and 2) they are still beholden to corporate overlords as much as Republicans are for funding and aren't yet ready to piss off that financial source yet.
