"Make people reevaluate the needs, demands and utility of government
programs, the health of the economy, etc"
This could happen with or without sunsetting. If tax rates were locked and
needed to be changed, a new bill is introduced. Sunsetting would lead to
same mess now with a bunch of posturi
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
> 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 proce
" 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
befor
Since tax cuts normally happen during election years, I'd say that
they are really the pandering cop out and that automatic sunsetting
unless renewed makes more fiscal sense.
The trickery behind the current sunsetting tax cuts is that it was a
ruse to get around the "pay as you go" rules. Bush an
All tax cuts and tax increases should not have time limits. If a
congressman wants to change the rate, it should be a new bill. The
new rate will last until the next bill is passed that changes the
rate. Temporary rate changes are a cop out.
On 9/23/10, Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> Yup, bunch of
Yup, bunch of spineless Democrats. They've internalized the Republican
talking points to such a degree that they can't take a shit without 65
votes in the Senate.
Judah
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Robert Munn wrote:
>
> Apparently Democrats have given up on the idea of extending any of the
Apparently Democrats have given up on the idea of extending any of the
tax cuts until after the election.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703384204575509793142421332.html
Democrats abandoned plans to vote before Election Day on extending
Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class while
