Bush's war on the middle class
How has the tax burden shifted since the Bush tax cuts? The Congressional Budget Office just released these figures -- the percentage change in the tax burden by average income:
$1,100,000: -2.1%
$182,700: -0.9%
$75,600: +0.8%
$51,500: +0.2%
$34,200: -0.1%
$14,900: -0.1%
The Bush team's response to their guy shifting the tax burden to the middle class? The Democrats requested the report. [Jim Gilliam]
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