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The article “Democrats toil against Bush” comes from the June 18 Chicago Tribune. The article talks about how the Democrats can not keep up with President Bush, in terms of fund raising. Due to Bush’s large fund raising campaign, some Democrats have started to criticize Bush, claiming that they are protecting the average Americans. While the Democrats announced plans to reduce middle-class taxes and cut the nation’s poverty rate. The Democrats are not getting much attention due some of the new fundraising limits that Bush has been taking advantage of. What the Democrats have collected in months, Bush has collected it in an hour and Democrats are saying that it is very difficult to keep up with the muscle of the White House. The rest of the article talks about the some of the proposals given by the Democrats. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina says that Bush has cut the taxes on stock dividends but most Americans receive no benefit from those types of tax reductions. Instead the senator proposed a plan were the government would match retirement plans for people who earn less than $50,000, the plan also would give first time house buyers a tax credit of up to $5,000.
I personally do not like Bush and form reading the article I found out that most of his tax cuts are worthless. I think that senator Edwards has a good plan. Giving tax cuts to the middle class would be the best way to help the people and stop giving the wealthy a break with taxes. I think that what senator Edwards said about Bush valuing and honoring wealth more than work is very true. Overall I think that with Bush raising so much money so fast that it will be very hard for the Democrats to keep up with him and it will almost put them and their views in the dark....