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To: Sully- who wrote (69804)	2/23/2009 7:57:07 PM
From: Sully-	1 Recommendation of 90947

Dems Complain Obama Budget Biased Against Poor ScrappleFace News Fairly Unbalanced. We Report. You Decipher. By Scott Ott on U.S. News (2009-02-22) — In what’s shaping up as the first potential rift between Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration, some of the president’s most stalwart supporters have complained privately that his 2010 budget proposal is unfair to poor and middle-income citizens. “As everyone knows, paying taxes is even more patriotic than serving in the military,” said one unnamed Democrat House member, “and yet Obama’s budget grants the privilege of higher taxes mostly to those earning more than $250,000 per year, or who inherit large estates, or who make wise investments. This is tantamount to questioning the patriotism of the working class. Our phones are lighting up with calls from the home district…people offended that they’re not included.” The Democrat caucus has quietly sought a White House meeting to insist that the bottom 50 percent of wage earners, who now pay only three percent of federal income taxes, “be allowed to share the honor and glory of the top 10 percent who currently pay 70 percent of taxes.” “If you love your country,” the anonymous lawmaker said, “you’re bound to feel cheated by a budget that treats you like someone who won’t salute the flag, or wear Old Glory on your lapel.” scrappleface.com

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