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Chock full of nuts

Part of what that treasonous fathead Rush Limbaugh rails against as Obama’s “tax increase” is simply the sunset of Bush’s 2001 rollback of a decrease in marginal tax rates from 36 to 33 percent. Who designed that rollback? Bush. When this expires, what will be the impact on all those people making about $250,000 a year that McCain and Joe the Plumber were fretting about late last year? About the price of a cup of coffee per day. If you fall in that category, don’t order a daily latte and you’ll never notice.

One Response to “Chock full of nuts”

  1. Isabel Storey Says:

    Here is some interesting info on that (courtesy of MoveOn.org):

    “…Do you know what tax rate the wealthiest Americans paid on the top portion of their earnings at the end of Ronald Reagan’s first term? 50%.

    Under Richard Nixon? 70%. Under Dwight Eisenhower? 91%!

    And for all the whining about rolling back Bush’s irresponsible tax cuts, the truth is that Obama’s plan cuts taxes for 95% of working Americans.”

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