Reply #8: The problem with those numbers is that people know they are lying. [View All]

The CTJ number make their point for them.

The CTJ numbers will be recognized by most voters as worthless. Let's see... if the "average" person only gets $122, then the whole tax cut should only cost about $16.3 Billion per year, right? Five years of that costs less than the latest Iraq bill.

Since the bottom rate was cut from 15% to 10%, ANYONE with any real taxale income saved at least $400. To get less than that you had to have taxable income UNDER $8,000. Income under $8,000 is NOT "middle class" it isn't "working people" and it isn't "average voters". It certainly isn't "rich".

But when a young couple with one kid and below "middle class" income get's more than ten times your "average" tax cut they assume YOU think they must be rich.


The additional problem I see is som many posts quoting the figures you link to ignore that it is entirely about the LATEST cuts. Our candidates are talking about getting rid of ALL of the cuts (2001 as well). And the figures look nothing like what you posted.