" The trickery behind the current sunsetting tax cuts is that it was a ruse to get around the "pay as you go" rules. Bush and Republicans had not intention of paying for the tax cuts and they obviously added a huge amount to the deficit, but they decided to do a work around to make it expire before the 10 year window on deficit increases so that they could ram it through on reconciliation with only 50 votes in the Senate and avoid a filibuster, thus circumventing two whole sets of rules at once. Boy, that sure is respectful of the process and fiscally responsible!"
Remove the trickery. Make all tax rate changes permanent until a bill changes it. It would make congressmen man up and stand beside their vote since it is will not expire. It would certainly make citizens more interested in the process and congressmen consider their votes more carefully. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
