You are both bastids...arguably :DL

But he and his congress only achieved that by raising taxes. As I said at the time, if you truly believe they accomplished a good thing then you should root for congress to tax all of us 100%, and give us back what they think we deserve.

I would argue that you are wrong. Our taxes cause no arguments, just vitriol.

Or is that what you were arguing for?

the fact that wages of the upper 1% have increased greatly since the 80'S but the middle class have not seen much growth at all


Also, too me it seems a little bit backwards to be complaining because the government had to raise taxes too keep it's budget balanced. I mean haven forbid we don't go into debt

Something like that :DL

I got an idea:

Let's just pay Congress what we think they're worth.

Wouldn't that be called "tax evasion"?

Heh.

"A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair. But no, You sent us Congress! Good God, Sir, was that fair?"

Thanks to a Republican dominated Congress. The president does not set the budget balanced or not. That is the purview of the Congress.

Again it's the Congress who appropriates the money, not the President. Big spender Obama doesn't spend dime one unless the US Congress gives it to him to spend.

Here is a crazy idea...Instead of rasing taxes (which is basically what eliminating the tax cuts is) lets address spending??

Because a combination of both is needed to address the deficit.

Strange I dont remember much discussion on the spending aspect.

All I hear is "You republicans" and "You democrats" and "we need more income".

And if you read enough articles on this subject

this all started when house republicans sent a letter to Harry Reid stating that they would not work with him on bills until Tax Cuts were extended to ALL Americans... not just those "filthy good for nothing billionaires".

Seek and ye shall find.

Why is the Right so upset? In a few weeks, Tears of Joy Boehner and his crew will take over the house and achieve parity in the Senate. By this time next year Healthcare Reform will be gone, the tax code will be perfect, the economic crisis will be a thing of the past, the poor will be ejected to Mexico, Afghanistan will be a US territory, the border will be perfectly secured and every airport in the nation will be named after Ronald Reagan. Utopia.