When is a tax cut for 98 percent of taxpayers portrayed as a tax increase? When some of the small handful of people whose taxes will go up happen to control the nation's news media. Obama's plan cuts taxes for the vast majority of Americans, while raising them for the small number of people who make more than $200,000. But the media, eager to hype their bogus "war on the wealthy" storyline, have portrayed it as a tax increase. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.