“Tax-rate reductions are the only positive achievement, and those are temporary … Everything else that has happened has been permanent, and a step toward more statism.” He cited big increases in the federal budget, along with continuing subsidies in agriculture and transportation, new Medicare drug benefits, and increased federal intervention in education and housing.
From a mathematical point of view, Bush’s tax cuts made the schedule MORE PROGRESSIVE. Percentagewise, the “rich” got a smaller reduction than the middle. Many lower income earners were removed from paying any tax at all.
And then to note that McCain went along with the Dims and the MSM crying about “tax cuts for the rich.” Bush helped get us to the tipping point where less than half pay the way for those willing to vote themselves a part of the national treasury thus killing the republic.