Reply #74: I don't agree with your numbers. The average cut is much less than that. [View All]

[MercutioATC]

That aside, the tax cut was a bad idea in the first place for the economic health of our country. If Bush had set the "middle class" rate to 2%, would you advocate keeping that when our fiscal outlook is so bleak?

Look, we could afford it 3 years ago...we can afford it now. The benefits it'll provide will FAR outweigh the momentary pinch. You can't have all the government services the middle class seems to expect AND tax cuts. If the middle class is willing to give up services (public education, the arts, libraries, infrastructure, police and fire services, etc) great! Let 'em keep the $600 they "saved" under Bush.

I'll close by saying that I'm exactly the middle class person who will lose money if the Bush tax cuts go away. I even live in a financially stable (and wealthy) community, so I haven't suffered the property tax hikes that many have. I'm still 100% behind getting out financial house in order before providing tax cuts to ANYBODY except the people whi really NEED it...the working poor.

Talk about a bunch of damn whiners...there are people who work and yet can barely afford food and people in $200K houses are bitching about an extra grand in taxes...