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kath

(10,565 posts) Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:38 AM Jan 2013

Question - from what I recall, the W tax cuts were pretty measly for us middle class working types

and mostly helped the rich and mega-rich.
does anyone know how much money those cuts saved, say, a couple making 50K and a couple making 100K?

Didn't think the Clinton rates were all that burdensome. I would gladly go back to those rates and pay a couple thousand more in taxes and have the wealthy pay more of their fair share. The fact that those making up to 450K will continue to pay thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars less in taxes really chaps my hide

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Question - from what I recall, the W tax cuts were pretty measly for us middle class working types (Original Post) kath Jan 2013 OP

That's how I recall it. Story at the time was... Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #1

Funny how that works right? dkf Jan 2013 #2

Honeycombe8

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1. That's how I recall it. Story at the time was...

Reply to kath (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:40 AM

Jan 2013

an insider reported that when Bush was handed the draft of the tax cuts, Bush looked at it and said something like, "shouldn't we give the regular people something, too?" So something was added for the regular people. A little tax cut.

dkf

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2. Funny how that works right?

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:49 AM

Jan 2013

So exactly what do we think about Bush now? I still think he was an irresponsible menace to the country.

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