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So you admit that Bush gave you a couple of tax cuts that directly impacted your paycheck, and yet you still claimed that the government was directly taking more out of each paycheck from you?!

Uh, Southack, that's rich in turn - you are using the experiences of ONE person to make your point about an entire group. But I've come to expect as much from those who issue knee-jerk apologies for the GOP. And, for all the tax money the middle class may be getting from Bush, they are in turn just going to turn around and pay that to their state and local governments. The problem is not just with the feds, it's at all levels, and government is loathe to downsize, so middle-class taxpayers will be faced with increasing tax bills from all levels as they in turn face a shrinking job base and lower pay. You can snivel and nitpick that all you want, but that's the ground truth from someone who was out of work for eight months last year and saw firsthand the pain that millions are now going through. And, just because MY personal ship is now righted, I'm not going to pretend that millions of others in my previous predicament should now sink or swim - as the sharks are now being let loose in their midst.

"And, for all the tax money the middle class may be getting from Bush, they are in turn just going to turn around and pay that to their state and local governments." - Dirtboy

Baseless speculation.

"The problem is not just with the feds, it's at all levels, and government is loathe to downsize, so middle-class taxpayers will be faced with increasing tax bills..." - dirtboy

More groundless speculation.

The problem is not just with the feds, it's at all levels, and government is loathe to downsize

When are we going to see our "conservative" president start enumerating the federal government spending he plans to CUT? When can we expect a list of programs that Congress is going to eliminate? Or can we all expect a 2.4 trillion dollar budget next year? Has your governor state that they are going to reverse the spending splurges from the 90's?How about reducing regulation on businesses? Any talk of that from anyone? I haven't heard much from the feds other than "spend spend spend". The tax cuts will be nice, but we need smaller, less intrusive, governments.