There are only 17 days left until the Bush Tax Cuts expire and are gone forever. Your thoughts? If so, why?

[Caribou "QUIT" Barbieâ„¢]

[Stuart]

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Dec. 5-9 among 1,503 adults, finds that the current problems for the GOP run deep. Just 25% approve of the way Republican leaders in Congress are doing their jobs, while 40% approve of Democratic leaders’ job performance. And the GOP’s lead negotiator, House Speaker John Boehner, is viewed more unfavorably (40%) than favorably (28%).

By a 53% to 33% margin, the public sees the Republican Party, rather than the Democratic Party, as “more extreme in its positions.” Democrats, on the other hand, are seen as “more willing to work with leaders from the other party” by roughly two-to-one (53% vs. 27%).

[Jay]

the bush cuts only helped the rich.

[quietpark458]

My thoughts are jobs are going to vanish. You people will bleed the rich dry and doom the economy and many, many lives.

and black people will buy gold teeth on the taxpayer's dime.

Thank you Glorious 0bama. you have blessed the blacks with a lot of welfare money and ebt.
At the hardship and hard work of whitey, working to the bone to give to the needy able-bodied black folk who drinks, does dope and buys firearms for thug wars.

[JonZ]

The country's economy will let out a great sigh of relief as these ill-conceived cuts expire and a bit more balance is returned to our fiscal policies!

[Haymarket Chicago]

stop using "If so, why?" where it doesn't make any sense. Please

[Profile]

Good I hope it does that way everyone can vote out the democrats and republicans. People have to be pushed economically before they get serious about politics.

[Victor]

The estate tax jumping to 50% for those over 500k is going to be funny.

[Loser]

We don't have a government that gives a darn about the middle class and we don't have an upper class that gives a darn about the lower classes. We have a very dysfunctional and immoral country.



I would like to hope for the elimination of the IRS as a necessity for revenue collection.

[Colonel Reb]

I've heard taxes on the average family will go up around $3,500 a year. There are a lot of people who can't afford that kind of tax increase. It is not going to be good for the economy if something isn't done.