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The final two presidential debates have given Americans a clear picture of John Kerry’s tax vision. It’s not pretty. For starters, Kerry’s statements and campaign manifesto undermine his pledge not to raise taxes on those who earn less than $200,000. This alone should warn voters that, for Kerry, tax hikes are not a last resort, but a first response.

Kerry Taxes Will Sock It To Middle Class Families by Stephen Moore Posted Apr 9, 2004 Last week John Kerry's new economic adviser, Roger Altman, a former Bill Clinton Treasury bureaucrat, announced "we will get to the right of George Bush on fiscal issues." This statement was made only a few days after Kerry proposed a tax plan that allegedly cuts taxes for 95% of families with incomes of less than $200,000 a year. Is Kerry suddenly a Ronald Reagan tax cutter who wants to ease the strangling government burden on the middle class? Has this tiger really changed his...