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Now the WV AFL-CIO is calling Gov. Joe Manchin out on his support for the Bush plan to cut taxes on the wealthiest Americans while denigrating President Obama's plan of tax cuts for the middle-class and lower income.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A top West Virginia union official says he was taken aback by Gov. Joe Manchin's support for extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
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"When there's a tremendous outcry about deficit spending, to continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest in the belief that it's somehow going to stimulate our economy, it defies logic," Matheney said. "I think anyone supporting the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest is disappointing, and it was surprising."
The tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. President Obama and many Democrats want to extend them for 98 percent of Americans - households earning less than $250,000. Under their proposal, Americans who earn more than that would see their taxes rise, though not to the level they were before the cuts.
The AFL-CIO is still backing him because if Republicans like Raese win, they'd seek to end workplace safety regulations. Afterall as his good friend Don Blankenship has said the deaths of workers is just the cost of doing business.
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