[nicky g]

"These are the same folks who with a straight face will state sheer nonsense such as that Bush's tax cut is bad for the middle class (keeping more money is bad for me how again? I'm still scratching my head over that). "

Ignoring the more general arguments about price controls etc, this is a bit of a mischaracterisation of the argument. The argument that it will hurt the middle class is based on the idea that it disproportionately benefits the rich, and that therefore the middle class will either have to pay more tax to make up for it, or receive fewer state benefits that were previously being subsidised by the rich. Now you can argue against that morally, or posit some sort of trickle down theory, but the argument is ultiamtely that the middle class will effectively end up with less money, rather than keeping more as you posit.