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Dean doesn't want to raise taxes on the middle class. Dean wants to repeal the Shrub tax cuts, which were a mess and overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy, so that a better tax cut plan can be put into effect. Dean simply wants a new tax package with better and more targeted cuts for the middle class.

The other candidates (one in particular) have done a disservice to Dean and Gephardt by saying they want to raise taxes on the middle class, when nothing could be further from the truth. It's just that neither Dean nor Gephardt wants to start with the awful Shrub plan and try to improve it- they'd rather start with a good package from the beginning.