Merkley Announces Plan to Cut Taxes for Middle Class Americans
July 30, 2008
July 30, 2008
SALEM, Ore., July 30 -- The campaign of Jeff Merkley, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Oregon, issued the following news release:
Eight years ago, President George Bush and Republican Senator Gordon Smith inherited an economy that was growing, a budget in surplus, and a middle class that was getting ahead. Today, as the tax burden on the middle class continues to rise, America is now entering its second Bush-Smith recession and skyrocketing health care costs, gasoline . . .
Eight years ago, President George Bush and Republican Senator Gordon Smith inherited an economy that was growing, a budget in surplus, and a middle class that was getting ahead. Today, as the tax burden on the middle class continues to rise, America is now entering its second Bush-Smith recession and skyrocketing health care costs, gasoline . . .