Well it seems that Bush isn’t going to go for a flat tax or a sales tax after all. Instead, he’s going to cut capital gains taxes again, eliminate the alternative minimum tax, and otherwise shield income for wealthy people. How can he pay for all this without driving the deficit even higher? He plans to increase taxes on the middle class and working poor, by eliminating your tax deduction for state and local taxes, and eliminating the tax deductions businesses can take for providing health care.
Not only does this stick it to working people in favor of the wealthy, one of Bush’s favorite things to do, but it disproportionately hits blue states