Will Blue Dog Democrats Vote for the Largest Tax Increase in American History?
Washington (Mar 27, 2007) Dozens of Blue Dog Democrats campaigned across America last year not as tax hikers, but as tax cutters. Yet, while tens of millions of middle-class families are filling-out their 2006 tax returns, Democratic leaders are asking Blue Dogs to support the largest tax increase in American history. Given the cost of living these days, middle-class families don’t need tax hikes – they need tax relief. So Blue Dog Democrats have to ask themselves: Will Blue Dogs Support a Budget that Increases Income Tax Rates, Reinstitutes the Marriage Penalty, and Slashes the Child Tax Credit? Raising the 10 percent tax rate bracket to 15 percent would raise the taxes of more than five million individuals and families who previously owed no taxes. Eliminating marriage penalty tax relief would cause tax hikes for 23 million taxpayers and middle-class families, on average, by $466 in 2011. Cutting the child tax credit in half would raise taxes for 31 million taxpayers and middle-class
