Jim McDermott complains tax cuts don't help non-tax-payers

GOP Reps. Dave Camp and Sam Johnson proposed amendments to the "stimulus" bill which would have cut taxes for the bottom two tax brackets, and which would have removed the tax on unemployment benefits.

Ever Democrat Rep. opposed these, with "Baghdad Jim" McDermott complaining that "if you don't pay taxes, you get nothing out of this amendment."




Strike Making Work Pay, reduce the 10% and 15% individual income tax brackets to 5% and 10%, respectively, for 2009 and 2010.


REJECTED
No Democrats supporting

Herger


Add an above-the-line deduction for heath insurance premiums


REJECTED
No Democrats supporting

Johnson


Exempt unemployment benefits from income taxation in 2008 and 2009.


REJECTED
No Democrats supporting

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[snoopdog68]

We paid taxes on unemploymet for over 20 years now ya dummy.