quote of the day

Speaker Dennis Hastert, ex-wrestling coach, definding the 72 billion tax cut that went overwhelmly to the wealthy:

"Well, folks, if you earn $40,000 a year and have a family of two, you don't pay any taxes. So you probably, if you don't pay any taxes, you are not going to get a big tax cut."

[H/T AmericaBlog]
Um no, my family of two earns less than $40K, and we pay payroll taxes (Medicare/Medicaid, FICA, etc.), property taxes, taxes (or "fees" in Republican speak) on our cable/heating/cooling/electricty, gas tax, state taxes, and capital gains taxes. We might get a rebate back from the Federal Government from our income tax, but we still pay taxes Mr. Speaker.

Everywhere you turn, working families are being nickel and dimed by taxes and fees, both at the state/local level and the federal. State taxes and fees have gone up under Bush because he is cutting aid to the states and piling up unfunded mandates (NCLB and national security amoung the cheif culprets).

I will say it again, Republican Congresses under George W. Bush have raised your taxes. The net effect of all of their actions has been tax increases for the working and the poor while the ultra-rich have gotten a massive reduction in taxes. It isn't fair and it isn't American. Talk about class-warfare.