What's Rich?

When you hear Kerry say that he's going to roll back the tax cuts on the wealthy, ask yourself what is the dividing line between wealthy and the rest of us. It's very well understood that almost no one thinks of themselves as rich. Because of this Kerry's threat isn't personal to most people. I can almost guarantee that if you're paying taxes, you're rich in the eyes of the Democrats. First off, the bottom 50% of citizens when ranked by income pay no income tax at all. The likelihood that you're not rich in Kerry's eyes is next to none. Second, ask yourself if you've ever heard a reporter ask Senetor Kerry what his definition of wealthy is. Have you heard that question? Of course not.

So when you hear him claim that he will rollback the tax cuts on the rich you should translate that as, "I'm gonna raise your taxes."