Why doesn't Dean unveil his tax cut plans before February 2nd?

[mot78]

The timing for his plan looks motived for the Feb 3rd primaries. I don't want to see voters in South Carolina or Oklahoma voting for Dean based on a tax cut they don't know anything about. I want to see him release it before Feb 2nd.

[Padraig18]

1. And I want a ham sandwich and a beer.

You get what you get.

[deminflorida]

4. Thanks, I expected that....

I've been getting that answer for the past four years under Bush.

[DancingBear]

2. Um, because he has to write a new one?

The previous one was last seen vying for ocean space with the Titanic.

[Maddy McCall]

3. ROTFLMAO!

HHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHA!

[lurk_no_more]

10. Maybe it's sealed too?

I really like the Titanic reference, it's so appropriate of his campaign of late.


And then there were none!
” JAFO”

[adamrsilva]

5. He's not

It won't be unveiled until after the primaries on Feb 3.

[Cuban_Liberal]

6. Every campaign has a schedule.

Possibly they have decided that they need to do other things first.

:shrug:

[sangha]

7. So tax policy is not a priority?

:shrug:

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. I don't believe I said that.

:hi:

[sangha]

12. No, you didn't, and I apologize if I've misconstrued your intent

but you didn't say very much at all. However, you did suggest that Dean was concentrating on certain issues due to scheduling limits. It was I who assumed that the issues Dean was concentrating on were the important ones.

[flaminbats]

9. He has revealed some of the details...

It will probably come in the form of an income tax credit, and its size would be determined by the amount an individual pays in payroll taxes.

My understanding is that it would slowly be phased into effect as budget surpluses begin to return.

[Duder]

11. They're waiting for when...

...Bush sends his fiscal 2005 budget to Congress on February 2.

Makes sense to me.

[sandnsea]

13. Why not stick to his economic plan?

The one he's been running on for a year. That balancing the budget is what will get the economy going again and tax cuts are wrong for America. Why not expect somebody to know what the hell they're talking about the first time they open their mouth instead of deciding on a new plan when they figure out the old one isn't going to sell.

[stickdog]

14. Because he, unlike the other candidates, doesn't want to promise more

that the nation can afford.

[sangha]

15. And he can't do that before February?

Why can't Dean make affordable promises before February? Is there something special about February?

[maddezmom]

16. thought he said it would be first time for him to meet with his advisors

hope he gets it out soon. :)

[LuminousX]

17. Because it is his campaign and he gets to make decisions like that

[Adjoran]

18. Dean spoke of cutting payroll taxes

in combination with eliminating all of the Bush tax cuts.

If you do that, it is difficult to actually show a tax cut for middle/lower middle taxpayers. The upper middle ($70K+) would benefit from such a plan, but taxpayers with less income would see a net increase.

He will have to do some tinkering to avoid that.