jillian
Princess
Yeah because raising taxes during economic turmoil is so effective.
tax cuts during a downturn have never worked, either. republicans have tried that over and over and over again...didnt work for reagan, didnt work for bush 1 and 2, why will it work this time around?
except they aren't cutting any taxes. they are extending cuts put in place by Bush: therefore not making taxes go up.
i think it might be time to stop using those labels. 10 years ago bush gave these tax gifts to his rich friends. the middle class got a couple of pennies off of their taxes so that the people who fund the campaigns got their payoff. it was never intended to be permanent. it isn't increasing taxes for things to be put back to where they were supposed to be.
but i'm appalled by all the pretend fiscal conservatives who say that unemployment insurance has to be "paid for", but tax cuts, which will cost us billions, don't.
it's kind of a warped argument.