I know some here may disagree but if these changes are really baseline tax code changes then this is a good deal.
Yes, I would like to have seen the current rates made permanent but the blame for that lays on Bush and McCain who couldn’t get it done when Republicans had the House, Senate and Presidency.
I know what you mean.
People here are acting as if rates don’t go up tomorrow unless something is done.
Very curious.
How could they have made then permanent?
Unless you believe that those on the Left might believ that there will be a time in the near future when they have the votes in both Houses to decide that "permanent" really menat "for a while". Permanent taxt rates is like temproary taxes - how often have you seen temproary taxes be lifted at the end of the proposed term of "temporariness"?
That said, it's not as bad as I thought it would be even though it still leaves a lot of people ready to be gouged and which will hurt employment opportunities. Now let's see some actual spending cuts - and not the only raising spending by 12% vs. the 15% they wanted "cuts".