Edwards on the budget
Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:13 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ's Tricia MillerDES MOINES, Iowa -- The balancing the budget question is one
Edwards gets often on the trail, and his answer today was the same. You can hear the overtones of the implied "Two Americas" rhetoric as he blames budget problems on "structural deficiencies" and strives for policies that would "strengthen and grow the middle class" after he has rooted out corporate power and greed overwhelming the government. His answer on tax policy in America also falls along those same lines. His solutions to funding new or expanded programs often includes rolling back tax breaks for those who make at least $200,000 (while leaving current tax rates for the middle class alone).