On a given income, if I pay a certain amount in taxes one year, then the following year I pay even more, then that is a tax increase. The math is indisputable even for liberals. It is true that the article is misleading in that it suggests that the dems just 'now' voted the increase into law. The truth of the matter is that the Bush tax cuts included the expiration date as part of a compromise with the democrats to get the tax reductions passed in the first place. So in effect, the dems forced the abrogation of tax reduction into law years ago.
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