TOP TAX BRACKET www.TheCitizensWhoCare.org The GOP have consistently pushed for a continuation of tax breaks - in essence, a $23 trillion stimulus package for the wealthiest. The Bush tax break was supposed to be used to employ people to get the economy rolling. That has not happened. In small business, much of the windfall has been invested in other companies. In big business, much has gone to increase dividend payments to stock holders or to contribute millions to political campaigns to reverse legislation enacted to control the misuse of power in the financial community, manufacturing, and mine and deep-water oil drilling. The desire is to reverse government controls and return to the policies that brought on this recession to the benefit of the wealthy and special interest groups. They are trying to buy a Congress that will pay them back and fill their pockets at the expense of those clearing under $200,000 a year. Top Tax Bracket President Party Beginning of term End of term Change in Taxes George W. Bush GOP 39.6% 35% -13.14% Bill Clinton DEM 31% 39.6% 27.74% George H. W. Bush GOP 28% 31% 10.71% Ronald Reagan GOP 70% 28% -150% Jimmy Carter DEM 70% 70% 0% Gerald Ford GOP 70% 70% 0% Richard Nixon GOP 75.25% 70% -7.50% Lyndon B. Johnson DEM 91% 75.25% -20.93% John F. Kennedy DEM 91% 91% 0% Dwight D. Eisenhower GOP 92% 91% -1.1% Harry S. Truman DEM 94% 92% -2.17% Source: The Wall Street Journal http://bit.ly/9DCrlm   ©2007-2011, www.TheCitizensWhoCare.org/toptaxbracket.html