If the Republicans let them get away with this they are done as a party.
Even worse than any political consequences to the Republican party, is the huge step this will be in cementing the serfdom of American citizens. Starting with Wilson’s “temporary” income tax, expanded under FDR and then LBJ, buttressed by the left’s utter infiltration of and power over media and academia for many decades, and given free reign by the deliberate dumbing-down of the American populace—all at a convergence in our own time. Healthscam, cap and trade, “green” taxes and policies, the apathy and entitlement mentality of Americans, the dilution of the value of our precious vote by ACORN-style corruption and creation of entitlement voters through “social programs”, “victim” groups and illegal immigrants, the corruption of our justice system—doesn’t leave many places to turn. The left took the long view many years, decades ago, while the right was still and is still looking to the next political victory-winning battles while losing the war.