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Bush Vs Obama
There are things in life that never changes and one of them are taxes. People have paid taxes at least one time and keep on paying overtime. However, the ways people pay tax changes depending who is in charge of the office, which is the president. I am going to analyze 2 presidents from the past 60 years, which are Barack Obama and George W. Bush. I am going to discuss how they charge citizens and compare which had a bigger impact on the nation. First of all, I am going to discuss on Barack Obama’s time in office, which tends his terms has finished recently. When Obama was in office back in 2008, he was making a change in the tax. He decided to tax on the rich more while taxing on the poor lower (Obama White House). Graphically, it looks similar to an exponential function as the income is higher, the tax rate increases. This type of tax is called the progressive with the information that I have given. Obama believes that the rich could benefit the economy for their future with their high incomes. …show more content…
Since the middle class makes a decent amount of money, giving a tax cut on them does not make the middle class spend too much money on their wage (Obama White House). Economically, middle-class families are paying the lowest tax rate historically in the past 60 years. This goes the same with businesses as small ones get tax cuts while big ones don't (OWH). The middle-class would barely pay any taxes while the rich pay the most. Obama charged 5% more money on taxes for richer than the average payment on taxes. Since his term recently finished, there’s not much impact happened

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