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January 6, 2004
Deep in the Heart of Taxes
Wes Clark's receiving a lot of good publicity for his new tax plan. And well he should. It's a good plan that could go a long way toward addressing the Democrats' vulnerabilities on taxes and might prove quite popular with general election voters, who, DR has heard, tend to look favorably on middle class tax cuts.
Clark should also, of course, strengthen his electability case over Howard Dean with Democratic primary voters. Now, he not only has superior national security credentials but also a clear advantage over Dean on the tax issue.
Dean, for his part, seems determined to stick with his Mondale-ian insistence on taking back all the Bush tax cuts and therefore, in effect, raising taxes on the middle class. This is in spite of a boatload of polling evidence showing that, while rescinding all of the Bush tax cuts is quite unpopular--even with Democrats--repealing those for the rich and leaving the middle class tax cuts in place is viewed far more favorably.
Time for Dean to stop being stubborn on this one and embrace the kind of approach Clark is advocating. Middle class tax cuts: try 'em, you'll like 'em! And winding up like Walter Mondale--you wouldn't like that at all.
Posted by Ruy Teixeira at 05:58 PM | link
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