[muleskinner]

'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Don't stop, fellas. You got a ways to go.

[mysterio]

2 years only? I'm not sure why they didn't make it permanent. They still have a majority.

[RWR8189]

Is this the House, or both the House and Senate?

Because its not all that hard to pass things like this in the House...

[CFC__VRWC]

If this doesn't include the Senate, then even this little extension is dead, dead, dead.

[Peach]

Why didn't they make it permanent? The second democrats get any control of anything, these tax cuts go away. For the rest of my lifetime, probably.

[Pukin Dog]

Some of you really should just knock it off.

It was VERY smart to go for two years, because a permanent cut WOULD NOT PASS. This is a reasonable, pragmatic way of extending the cuts. If you want permanent cuts, DO YOUR JOB and vote in a permanent 60 seat majority in the Senate. The Congress did what they could with the members they have. Stop your bitching and appreciate what you got.

[Texas Eagle]

15 million taxpayers would have been a victim of the alternative minimum tax.

I never liked the sound of the AMT from the get-go. What is the "qualifying" income level down to?

[Raycpa]

There is no such thing as a "permanent" tax cut.