A new study finds that 50 million households in America will NOT see a single dime cut in their taxes. [Cbpp] This includes 6.5 million minimum wage families with 12 million children. Yet, Ari Fleischer said Thursday that people in the lowest tax brackets would receive the most benefit. The Republican National Committee web site says everyone who pays taxes will benefit from the tax cut. Senator Grassley said last week anyone who pays taxes will see more money in their pay check. [NYTimes]
What do you think? I think it was an oversight brought on by a lack of focus on the needy in this country and an obsession with insuring the wealthy get their share in order to keep those campaign contributions coming in to the RNC.
D. Remer June 1, 2003
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