Effective Tax Rates- taxes on the wealthy spurring surplus

[Max Sawicky]

> Regarding what Nathan wrote below, ordinary people have seen
> there standard of living fall, and cutting taxes is one of the few
possible ways in
> which they can hope for improvement.  You are underestimating the ability
of the
> leaders to confuse the issue.

They are not necessarily so confused.  If the choice is tax
cuts versus debt reduction, it's not obvious that tax cuts
aren't a better choice.  Even a couple hundred bucks a
year is better than nothing.

mbs