[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Professor S

I found this quite interesting.

It turns out that as of 2002, the tax burden to the poor (bottom 50%) lessened under Bush and was higher under Clinton.

http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6

Comments?

Yeah, and the top ONE, FIVE, AND TEN % have gone down as well, while the top 50 and 25% brackets, the Middle Class, now pay more. The bottom 50 get a half point drop, while the top 1% got an almost 2.5 point drop, and the top 5% get close to a two point drop.

Did you even bother to look at the numbers before you posted them or did you just expect us to roll over and die?

Edit:

What's even better is this websites mission statement:

NTU was established in 1969 to educate taxpayers, the media, and elected officials on a non-partisan basis on the merits of limited government and low taxes. NTU uses a variety of means to accomplish our work including direct mail, research papers, public speaking, email, advertising, the Internet, and lobbying.

They basically scream "WE'RE REPUBLICANS!" in its mission statement and even they can't bend the numbers to make it look like the middle or lower classes really make out in the bush cuts. Half a ****in percentage point on 26K is a pittance. 3% on a million is a big, big number, and it's the blue collar, middle working class that's bearing the brunt of the brake to the rich.