This is pretty disingenuous. If income tax were the only tax that was cut it would be partially true. However much of Bush's cuts came in the form of cuts to the inheritance, capital gains, dividend, and alternative minimum taxes. These are taxes which almost anybody will admit effect the wealthy disproportionately. Even if those weren't a factor, most middle to lower income people/families pay the majority of their taxes in the form of payroll taxes not income taxes. Payroll taxes disproportionately affect people with middle to low incomes, and these taxes have not been cut and will not be cut under Bush. Also there are a large number of people who pay taxes (just not income taxes) who received no tax cut.
On top of that Kerry has never claimed that he would roll back the portions of the tax cut effecting the middle class (a very small portion of the cuts, primarily the increased child credit, and the removal of the marriage penalty, as well as somewhat insignificant income tax decreases in the lower brackets). I personally think that it is a mistake not to roll back all of the tax cuts, but that is neither here nor there. To claim that Kerry's proposed rollbacks will have a direct tax effect on any but the top 5% is utterly false. In fact Kerry claims to want to cut taxes even further on the "middle-class" if it proves viable. Of course as you say taxation is not the only criterion to consider when selecting a candidate.
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This is pretty disingenuous. If income tax were the only tax that was cut it would be partially true. However much of Bush's cuts came in the form of cuts to the inheritance, capital gains, dividend, and alternative minimum taxes. These are taxes which almost anybody will admit effect the wealthy disproportionately. Even if those weren't a factor, most middle to lower income people/families pay the majority of their taxes in the form of payroll taxes not income taxes. Payroll taxes disproportionately affect people with middle to low incomes, and these taxes have not been cut and will not be cut under Bush. Also there are a large number of people who pay taxes (just not income taxes) who received no tax cut.
On top of that Kerry has never claimed that he would roll back the portions of the tax cut effecting the middle class (a very small portion of the cuts, primarily the increased child credit, and the removal of the marriage penalty, as well as somewhat insignificant income tax decreases in the lower brackets). I personally think that it is a mistake not to roll back all of the tax cuts, but that is neither here nor there. To claim that Kerry's proposed rollbacks will have a direct tax effect on any but the top 5% is utterly false. In fact Kerry claims to want to cut taxes even further on the "middle-class" if it proves viable. Of course as you say taxation is not the only criterion to consider when selecting a candidate.