Middle Class, Schmiddle Class - Part II

Peter Roskam has a lot of nerve. In a new op-ed on his Congressional web site entitled “Tax Season Might Just Get Worse”, Roskam warns his constituents that they may become subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax due to Congressional inaction. Peter is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. What he is not telling you is that he VOTED AGAINST a measure designed to relieve middle class taxpayers of threat of liability for the AMT. He voted against it because the bill, H.R. 3996, which is now in the Senate, is designed to reduce the tax burden on the middle class. Peter Roskam has no particular interest in the middle class. His goal is to help his wealthy clientele escape paying any tax whatsoever by totally eliminating the AMT, a change that will ultimately shift more of the tax burden to low-income and middle income taxpayers. Roskam’s Republican Party will attempt to obstruct the bill’s passage in the Senate and then try to blame it on the Democrats. If worse comes to worse, President Bush will find some lame excuse to veto it.

If you are a low-income or middle-income taxpayer, Peter Roskam is not your friend. His mission in Congress is to aid George Bush in his project to help the wealthiest individuals and corporations become wealthier, at the expense of the rest of us. Peter should be ashamed for trying to deceive you.