Reply #41: So in Illinois, Dr. Dean's argument will be [View All]

'vote for me, and cigarette taxes will go down'?

If that's the only tax that went up that affects the middle class, it's the only one that could be lowered to offset the higher Federal taxes middle-class taxpayers would be paying under Dean's plan.

And that reveals the crucial flaw in this argument: even if local or state taxes did go up, what's to say they are going to go down if Dean repeals the whole tax cut. Do you believe your local water district for example, that increased its mill levy on your property taxes is going to rescind it? Will the state sales tax in whatever state be decreased? Will cigarette taxes in Illinois be lowered? Those are separate political battles.