Bill Frist said yesterday that the Alternative Minimum Tax wouldn't be voted on until next year.
Now this is something that quite a few people want fixed! It's creating huge bills for well-off but not ultra-wealthy folks who are already worried about mortgages, college tuition, et cetera, but really couldn't care less about dividend cuts or the estate tax. In other words, it's squeezing the middle class, which is what the Republican party claims to care about. By some reports, it now affects 15 million taxpayers.
So why aren't they fixing it? More on the flip.
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