why do you say that? Reid’s bill didn’t have any taxes. The dems were always willing to forget about taxes. The fact taht they didn’t raise them in 09-10 and even extended them another 2 years shows they don’t really care about them and they’re just using the issue to whip up their base.
i’m not saying this deal is bad. But I think it could have been so much better. I think if the GOP held firm through tomorrow and into Monday they could have gotten far more. I think they could have gotten CCB passed, or at the least passage of a BBA and have it sent to the states, along with everything else they have in this deal.
Umm.. Reid’s bill was loaded assuming Bush tax cuts expired. Between that and the “War Cuts”, he had nothing.
You might be right, but I have a different take. Obama cannot "re-invent" the economy in a mere 4 years, and tax increases will make re-election difficult. Tax increases are the engine that make "spread the wealth" work, in his mind. If Obama is elected in 2012, we will see tax increases, and not just on the wealthy.