Tax Cuts Once Again Favor the Wealthy

Noel Sheppard

May 17, 2006 - 2:00pm

Tax Cuts Once Again Favor the Wealthy
Networks fixate on tax cuts for the rich while ignoring exploding tax revenues.

By Noel Sheppard
Business & Media Institute
May 17, 2006

While Congress hammered out a $70 billion tax-relief bill last week, the media wasted no time spinning it. After the House approved its version on May 10, the NBC Nightly News cited Democratic critics [who said] the overall bill is heavily tilted in favor of the very wealthy. At roughly the same time, the CBS Evening News presented a graphic to its viewers showing for incomes of $50,000 or less, youll average no more than $46 in savings.

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