a response to a reply of another post that i didn't want buried...
the following was a response to a poster (annon) who was parroting the Bush claims about Kerry's plan...
The "small business thing" is a good spin...guys who like own 15 car dealerships are considerd small business owners...the plan calls for a repeal of cuts for the richest 1 or 2 % amongst us to pay for some things that millions more need...like some basic health care coverage like every other civillized country in the world has.
and the whole idea that there was some "cash flow shortage" in the investor class, those 1-2% ers is a lie. Fact is that there was never any shortfall of cash in the investor class. all these tax cuts do is give them more to squirrel away or put into stocks and real estate.
Tax cuts to the middle class, however, do spur on real economic and job growth. That is what Kerry has proposed. Real relief for all Americans instead of the rich getting richer and the poor once again "getting the picture."
And productivity gains without job growth for over 3 solid years is just the working man doing more work for less pay and benefits. Again, the owners and the wealthy are the only real beneficiaries.