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To: one_less who wrote (148708)10/22/2004 3:59:41 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Take a look at this amazon.com (ISBN 1400050669) and this house.gov for now...I have to go to take care of some other business. I am not going to get into the debate over his intent. But I am willing to show that he has a pattern of being misleading and surrounds himself by very misleading people as well. If you don't think that makes him a liar, then there is nothing I can do to convince you otherwise.

ST



To: one_less who wrote (148708)10/26/2004 3:20:26 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 

>> "But how many lies do I have to show to make him a liar?

> one


Ok, there are so many of them that the biggest problem is choosing which one. Here is a simple little one for you.

During his final debate with John Kerry, Bush said, "Most of the tax cuts went to low- and middle-income Americans". Now if you go to Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan org, you'll see taxpolicycenter.org

That clearly shows Bush lied. Accordingly (see factcheck.org, most of the tax cuts -- 53% to be exact -- went to the highest -earning 10% of US individuals and families. Those most affluent Americans got an average tax cut of $7,661. The "low- and middle-income Americans" Bush mentioned -- the bottom 60% of individuals and families got only 13.7% of the tax cuts, according to the Tax Policy Center.


EDIT


Bush Tax Cuts:
The Burden Decreased for All Groups
(More for some than others)

Total Effective Federal Tax Rate


2004 Rates Change Due to Bush Cuts

Lowest 20% 5.2% -1.5%

Second 20% 11.1% -2.1%

Middle 20% 14.6% -1.9%

Fourth 20% 18.5% -2.1%

Top 20% 23.8% -3.9%

Top 5% 25.6% -5.2%

Top 1% 26.7% -6.8%