Reply #47: another lie

[paulk]

"New Democrats will make the middle class America's engine of economic growth again. The Bush administration has the same wrong answer for every economic problem: Cut taxes for the wealthy. New Democrats have a very different vision of economic growth: that the American economy will grow faster if every American has the chance to get ahead. When workers have more of a stake in prosperity, their companies and our economy will grow faster. When we demand responsibility and punish rather than ignore those who break the rules, it won't just make our values stronger, it will strengthen our markets. When we reward hard work, no citizenry on Earth is willing to work harder.

New Democrats will equip working Americans with the tools to get ahead.


We'll reward work, not just wealth. The current administration's economic values are bad for America. It is morally wrong that billionaires now pay a lower tax rate on what they own than their household help pay on what little they earn. The very wealthy should not pay lower taxes on the stocks they trade than middle-class and working Americans pay on the hard work they do. That's not class warfare; it undermines the work ethic that is the cornerstone of our economy and the foundation of our middle-class society. "