[Non-Sequitur]

But I think the difference between extending or making permanent the Bush tax cuts and letting them expire would be huge. To jack up taxes in the next four weeks would be an a killer for our invalid of an economy.

But to make the whole thing merely extending tax cuts is simplistic in the extreme. We should be advocating a package of tax cuts and spending cuts.

[9YearLurker]

The reality is that the tax cuts are pressing in this lame-duck congress—by which major spending cuts aren’t going to be approved or signed by Obama.