Bush Tax Cuts Don't Pay For Themselves

by Steve Soto

No, the president's tax cuts, especially the capital gains and dividend tax cuts don't pay for themselves, despite the lie Bush told the other day when he signed their two-year extension into law to please millionaires while the rest of us and the soldiers in Iraq pick up the tab.

But don't hold your breath waiting for the New York Times or the Washington Post to expose the con game like Knight-Ridder does all the time.