we are big fans of dr. howard dean, and are particularly enamored of the excitement and energy he has brought to the democratic party.
but we must say, we are a bit disappointed with dr. dean's continued insistence that, if elected, he plans to rescind all of awol's tax cuts.
we are not particularly distressed about not getting a tax cut ourselves. as everyone on the left side of blogtopia (y!wctp!) knows, the tax cuts down on our level are pretty much the same as arnold schwarzenegger's character in batman and robin: mr. zero. [ed. note: watch out, your comic book geek knowledge is showing, and it ain't pretty!]
no, we are afraid that if dr. dean insists on insisting on eliminating awol's tax cuts, he can kiss a lot of independent votes good bye.
we are interested in general clark's proposals:
under clark's plan, which he called the most sweeping tax reform proposal offered in years, families of four earning less than $50,000 wouldn't file a federal income tax return, nor would single parents making $30,000 or less a year. other families would pay less in taxes, and child tax benefits would be expanded, clark said.
luckily now dr. dean seems to be re-evaluated (some would call it "back-pedaling") the idea of taking away middle class tax cuts. the
sfchron reports:
howard dean's advisers said wednesday they are discussing a plan to reduce the tax burden on the middle class, a shift in the democratic presidential candidate's economic vision that has focused on repealing all of president bush's tax cuts...
dean wants to repeal bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts to help balance the budget, pay for spending programs such as health care and education, and make the tax system fairer. dean spokesman doug thornell said the campaign is discussing a new proposal to do that.
"as i have consistently said since november 2002, i will propose additional tax reforms that will make the tax code fairer for working families and that will ensure that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share," [dean] said.
back-pedaling or not, we think it's a good idea to revise a bad idea.
cross-posted at our own fine blog.