This administration is hell bent on pushing through tax cuts for the wealthy even as the deficit piles up and there is little evidence that this is helping the economy.

What is not well-known or even talked about is that they are finding all kinds of subtle ways to increasetaxes on the middle class. There is a plan afoot to tax fringe benefits over a given amount because they feel this is income to the beneficiaries that can be tapped for tax dollars to pay for things like the war in Iraq.