Just heard on the radio one of Democrat members of Congress say that if the Republicans agree to raise taxes on the wealthy, they will agree to cut spending.
When asked like what kind of spending cuts??? He says: taking away the tax breaks of oil companies. What???? He calls the removal of an oil company tax break a cut in spending. And he was serious.
Yeah, we've heard that story before... many times.
That said... the Repubs should let the floodgates open and ALL the Bush tax cuts expire. This formerly great, now-liberal country blames Bush for every economic weakness anyway... let's remove all vestiges of his legacy. Give the people what they want.
Americans can only learn when the lesson affects them directly. When they can't buy the porn, beer, tattoos, pot or Iphones they want, that'll focus their little minds.