Micah Sifry has a compelling analysis of the problems of the Kerry campaign (via Doc Searls).
| But whichever way you slice it, the story is the same. Democratic elites, led by John “Aspen-Nantucket” Kerry and Bob “I Win Either Way” Shrum, are running a terrible campaign. |
| The latest, largest piece of evidence for that charge? Their failure to respond to W’s repeated claims that Kerry’s plans to raise taxes on the rich will just backfire on the middle-class, since “the rich hire lawyers and accountants and you get stuck with the bill.” “Every time they say tax the rich, the rich dodge and you pay,” Bush tells working and middle class crowds, to appreciative roars. |
| The truth, which is that under Bush IRS audits of rich taxpayers ($100,000+) have dropped to a lower rate than the poor (<$25,000), that businesses are 33% less likely to be audited, audits of the largest coporations dropped as well, that companies who seek government contracts while reincorporating overseas to escape US taxes face no penalty from the Administration, and that nothing has been done to deter the abuse of offshore tax havens (heck, most of the President’s top contributors are financial companies and accounting firms that sell such dodges to wealthy individuals and corporations), hasn’t even gotten out of bed and put its boots on…Meanwhile, another big Bush lie travels around the world. |
There’s still plenty of time (I keep telling myself).
The Poor Man is deservedly being linked to everywhere for his catalogue of Bush revelations that won’t be in the forthcoming Kitty Kelley book. Essential reading.