The Nation -- The Bush Tax Sham

They make the tax system more unfair, they starve the public sector of resources for needed public investment and they will not revive growth, spur corporate investment or create jobs. Progressives should say so loudly and clearly. But they must also make sure the Democratic Party's plan for jobs and economic growth offers a real alternative to the Bush program.

Progressives have to give the press something else to report: that there is growing outrage among the American people at a Bush program that claims to be for "growth and jobs" but that rewards only the GOP's wealthy and powerful supporters. We should spearhead a grassroots campaign to put public pressure on Democratic senators to support progressive tax cuts and not the regressive, wasteful ones. And to persuade some moderate Republican senators to vote in the national interest against any plan that will undermine the future fiscal solvency of our country.