On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:31:54 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:34:35 -0400, bpuharic wrote:

uh no. george bush handed the keys to the economy to his rich friends.
the 2003 and 2006 tax cuts benefited the ultra wealthy. and the
middle class paid for them.


... and 43% at the bottom don't pay any income taxes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n4945874.shtml

no FEDERAL income tax. they certainly pay taxes. and in places like
texas, where there's no state income tax, the tax structure is heavily
regressive