Middle class taking hit

The Republicans and their corporate bosses have taken tax hikes for the wealthy and corporations off the table. The budget must be balanced on the backs of the working middle class and the poor. No taxes for those who have outsourced the good jobs, which means fewer jobs for those who are expected to pay the taxes. How does that work?

Also, wages for the middle class have been declining, which translates into less tax revenue. They expect the middle class to buy more stuff to keep the economy going, but the middle class has no extra cash to pay for all that stuff, after filling their gas tanks and buying groceries at ever higher prices.

They say tax hikes are “job killing,” but no jobs were created by the Bush tax cuts, and it has been nearly a decade now. The fact is, they don’t care about jobs or the middle class, or the poor, or anyone who isn’t rich. All they care about is destroying Social Security, Medicare and safety net programs. They forget that every cent that the poor receive is instantly spent. Cutting those programs would eliminate more jobs and disable the economy even more.

Ann Warwick

Sandpoint