I think as a conservative it is important to hatch up devious schemes to extract dollars from the poor (both working and non-working). Think about it, there are a ton of poor people, and if I could just sneak some dollars out of their pockets, I could give it to the corporate backers of my party.

Talk about tired cliches poorgradstudent, are you studying some “social science” in grad school?

Newsflash, tax policy is not a zero-sum game. Cutting taxes on fat cats, does not mean raising them for the working poor. Ever had the pleasure of filling out a tax return for a single parent female? My sister had a child and was working crappy retail jobs, and with standard deduction, earned income credits, and child credits, she definitely wasn’t paying any taxes and was actually receiving money by the time her tax return came back. Note that I am not saying I disagree with this, I just failed to see how Bush is screwing her over.

One can only conclude that you look all all income as belonging to the government, and by their benevolence, they distribute that back to us. When you cut taxes, you simply reduce the government’s budget, you aren’t taking money from the poor. It was never their money in the first place.