Who said anything about reducing the tax on the middle class? They are for eliminating ALL taxes on the poor including any contribution TO the Socialist Security system.
Only the poor would pay no taxes under the “soak the rich” scheme.
1- The rich will not be soaked, no matter what anyone tries.
2- The term 'poor' has an idiotic meaning in America these days.
Nobody who has even a minimum-wage job in America in 2008 would be considered 'poor' in earlier times.