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he then wants to work on a real tax plan with cuts actually targeted to the middle class and poor, rather than all the waste included in Shrub's. You have to look at the second step, in that he wants to get tax cuts for the middle class which are *better* than those included in Shrub's plan. (that's not a criticism of Congressional and Senate Dems- they fought to get what they could for the middle class).

Also, Dean wants to use some of the remaining tax repeal to work on reducing the deficit and on a quasi-universal health care program. Either and both of which would greatly benefit the middle class far more than the measly tax cut of Shrub's.

BTW- Kerry has a pretty good plan too. I just wish he and the others would also focus more on reducing the deficit and getting back to balanced budgets so that our debt servicing fees and bond payments could be reduced. That hurts the middle class far more than most people realize. Maybe someone with a Phd in economics could explain it better than I!