The liberal media constantly blasts the idea of tax cuts, yet when Democrat John F. Kennedy cut taxes, it was wonderful. Then Ronald Reagan cut taxes. That was not so wonderful. Now, George W. Bush cut taxes.

Under all three presidents, federal revenue grew by huge amounts. But the Bush-bashers blasted the president as helping the rich at the expense of the poor, and the voting public has apparently chosen to believe those lies – because the liberal press won’t print the truth.

According to an article Oct. 6 in the Wall Street Journal, tax collections have increased by $521 billion in the last two fiscal years, the largest two-year revenue increase, even after adjusting for inflation, in American history.

The article also stated that corporate taxes alone have climbed 76 percent over the last two years. Personal income tax payments are up by 30.3 percent since 2004, despite a tax rate that was reduced from 39.6 percent to 35 percent, as reported by the Internal Revenue Service.

A near record 37 percent of those taxes were paid by the top 1 percent of earners, whom liberals say don’t pay their fair share.

The article also pointed out that taxes on dividends were up, even if the rate was reduced to 15 percent from as high as 39.6 percent.

Are America’s poor being taxed too heavily? As many as 43 million Americans pay no federal taxes at all.

Marcel Morin, Lewiston