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The Australian: Rich just dodge tax, says Bush:

"US President George W. Bush today said there was no point in taxing the rich because they just dodged their tax bill anyway.

'Real rich people figure out how to dodge taxes,' he said during a campaign stop in suburban Washington.

Mr Bush's rival in the November 2 election, Democratic Senator John Kerry, has pledged to scrap the president's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans in a bid to rein in the record US budget deficit.

Mr Bush said: 'You've got to be careful about this rhetoric, we're only going to tax the rich. You know who the - the rich in America happen to be the small business owners.'

As part of his re-election pitch, Mr Bush has vowed to ask Congress to make permanent some of his tax cuts, which are due to expire in coming years. "