Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina

Bush unveil bold tax plan amid 2003 election pressure

President Bush pressed a sweeping tax cut package aimed at wealthy Americans, proposing to eliminate taxes on stock dividends and include the top income rate. He argued the plan would spur job growth as Democrats criticized it as class warfare while Kerry and Lieberman unveiled smaller middle class focused alternatives. Bush sought political capital to tackle a stubborn 6 percent unemployment and revive the faltering economy.