Clark: “I'll repeal the portions of the Bush tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans – those making over $200,000 a year – and invest the money in priorities like job creation, healthcare and education. I do not believe in eliminating the tax cuts for hard working, middle class families.”

I have a plan that will save $2.35 trillion over ten years, reduce the deficit every year, and invest in real priorities.

• We'll save money by streamlining government and making it more efficient, cutting corporate welfare, promoting a more effective and multilateral Iraq policy, and recapturing revenue from those provisions of President Bush's tax cuts that go to families making more than $200,000 annually.
• I'll use a portion of the $2.35 trillion savings for critical investments in homeland security, state and local tax relief, targeted tax credits for job creation, healthcare and education.
• I have also released plans to provide universal preschool for all 4-year-olds; two years of college free for most Americans; and universal healthcare for all our children.
• Finally, we have to devote money to shoring up Social Security and Medicare for the baby boomers who will soon retire and for generations to come.

Dean: The Bush tax cuts are a disaster; they've given us the worst deficits in our history. I will repeal all of them and start over, reforming our tax code so that it is fairer, doesn't punish hard work and doesn't subsidize corporations who harm our environment or export jobs.

Kerry: I will roll back Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to invest in education and healthcare. I would not raise taxes on middle class families by reversing the increases in the child tax credit, the reduced marriage penalty, and the new 10 percent tax bracket.

• I will roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education and healthcare. I will not raise taxes on the middle class. And I'll give new tax credits to the middle class to make health care and college tuition more affordable.
• I'll crack down on corporations that hide money in Bermuda to avoid paying their fair share and I'll end giveaways to companies that ship jobs overseas.
• The Bush economic approach has led states to raise taxes and cut education. I've proposed a “State Tax Relief and Education Fund” to create jobs and stop painful budget cuts with $50 billion over two years.
• I'll cut excesses in government and reign in out of control spending and I'll implement a bipartisan commission on corporate welfare to eliminate tax loopholes and pork barrel spending projects.

Bush's irresponsible economic policies have borrowed from future generations. I will cut the deficit in half in my first term, while investing in economic growth and American workers.

Edwards: I will repeal the Bush tax cuts that benefit the top 2 percent of Americans. I will make permanent the tax cuts for the middle class and create tax credits to help low-income and middle-class Americans. I will make the wealthy pay the same taxes on their investments that regular people pay on their salaries.

• I will reform the tax code to reward work and create opportunity for regular Americans. Tax credits will help families buy their first home and save and invest.
• I will invest in our public schools, starting with excellent teachers, and aid for college to help every child make the most of his or her potential. I will invest in health care, so every child has health insurance and every American pays less for health care. I will crack down on predatory lenders and credit card companies that put families on debt treadmills they can never get off.
• I will give a 10 percent tax cut to corporations that produce goods domestically and end tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.
• I will restore honest accounting, rein in outrageous executive pay, and end executive pension abuses.
• I will repeal the Bush tax cuts for the very wealthiest Americans, cut wasteful corporate subsidies, and reduce the size of the bureaucracy. I also have the most detailed plan to crack down on corporate tax abuses.