"Now everybody likes to have low taxes, but we must reduce the national debt in times of prosperity. And when tax relief can be given, it ought to go to those who need it most, and not those who need it least, as this Republican rich man's tax bill did when they passed it over my veto on the third try.The first one of these was so rotten that they couldn't even stomach it themselves. They finally did send one that was somewhat improved, but it still helps the rich and sticks a knife into the back of the poor. "
- President Truman in his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention in 1948.
Can you imagine any present day Democrat speaking so clearly on the issue of tax cuts and income redistribution? Kerry? Clinton? Dean?
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