I know we have sort of been beating this tax cut ordeal all the way through the bone, but since everyone wants to talk about it I will continue. Quite frankly I am slightly abashed that liberals are still running on this whole 'class difference.' They are simply comparing the wealthy and the extremely poor, apple and bananas to make a point. Yes, the wealthy will receive a tax cut that is larger, proportional to the income. The poor are still receiving HELP. Take a look at this article from "Off the Charts," a budget analysis center gauging the efforts of relief on the middle class and poverty line. I think this article backs up my point. The current poverty line carries over from 2009 is $21,954 for a family of four. I will argue that this is insanely low. A family of one living in a metropolitan area would not be able to eat regularly on this income. That aside, the two major result were that:
-The payroll tax cut would keep 2.4m families, and 1.2m children above the poverty line. Some might consider that low so in addition it would,
-Lessen the severity of poverty for 19.4 million Americans.
I am not sure what 'the liberals' expect. How can we make much more of a difference for the ultra-low incomes with tax cuts without making of deficit so large that we can actually see, for it has buried us alive. In addition according to the Center of American Progress, there are only 2.1m children below the poverty line. So these tax cuts are moving 50% of children above the line. In efforts to not sound too partisan here on the right, is there something that I am missing?
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