>I disagree that the tax cuts were inequitable. Here are the tax rates for
>this year:
>
>http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=109877,00.html
>
>Rate for single filing:
>
>$28,400-$68,800 = 25%
>$68,800-$143,500 = 28%
>$143,500-$311,950 = 33%
>$311,950+ = 35%
>
>What you will see is that people who make lots of money pay a higher
>percentage of income tax than people who little money. All the tax cut did
>was to lower the rates on the upper income brackets by a few points. They
>are still MUCH higher than lower income brackets. And somehow that is
>inequitable? To who?
>
>The Medicare and Social Security issue is all about political courage- or
>the lack thereof- in Washington. Doesn't matter if you are talking about
>Democrats or Republicans, they are ALL going to vote in favor of these
>programs right up until the day the system becomes insolvent.
I never said it was inequitable. I said it wasn't really a conservative
mode. A tax cut for the sake of a cut is not a conservative measure. For
a tax cut to be a conservative mode it should be the by-product of cutting
government spending on social programs.
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