[Cementjungle]

This bill as passed saved me a ton of money. I am retired and I am elated at the savings compared to if the Bush taxcuts were allowed to expire or extended on a temporary basis, as was done by Bush & his congress

Well, good for you... you'll be called upon to help clean up the mess that just got a lot bigger.

[entropy12]

Well, yes I am elated. But so must anyone who has dividend income, has stocks/mutual funds with capital gains, a small business, or makes less than $450k/year.

Note that the AMT was going to hit 34 million people in 2013. That is now reduced to a million people. So if you are in middle class you must be elated.

And if you have worked hard and built a nest egg and wish to leave it to your children, you should be elated. Sans this FC bill, your heirs would be paying 55% over $1 million in total assets for death tax. Now it is $10 million exemption for a married couple at 40% rate. That will save millions of small businesses from folding shop upon death of owner. Better yet, the exemption amount is indexed to inflation.