August 17, 2004
A letter dashed off to Neil Boortz
Neil,
You have hammered again and again the ludicrousness of viewing tax cuts in absolute dollar amounts. For example, a $300,000 earner enjoying a 10% tax cut gets $30,000, while a $30,000 earner gets "only" $3,000. Are they getting back exactly the same amount? Yes, when viewed as a percentage, no, when viewed as absolute dollars.
Clearly, it behooves the liberals to view the cuts in absolute dollars: "the rich are getting back 10 times what the poor get back!!!" Well, if they want to talk absolute figures, suggest to them that every one then simply should pay $30,000 in taxes, regardless of whether they earn $30,000 or $300,000. After all, that's completely fair according to their tax cut calculus, isn't it? Isn't it??
You may be able to prettify my example, but it may help illustrate to your listeners (I am one!) the absurdity of the left's tax cut bull.
Keep up the good work!
Ken Greenlee
Posted by nopundit at August 17, 2004 12:32 PM