Pelosi targets Bush tax cuts

Pub date January 23, 2009
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

By Tim Redmond

Here’s some very good news from someone who is not my favorite politician: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing to repeal the Bush tax cuts, two years before they expire.

We’re talking about a lot of money here — $226 billion. And all coming from the top 1 percent of the richest people in America.