First of all keep at at top of your thinking....WE LOST THE ELECTION. Elections have consequences. GOP numbers went DOWN not up. If all GOP members walked out on the FC bill as you want....guess what happens? WE ALL GO UP TO CLINTON TAX RATES. The Bush tax cuts had an EXPIRATION DATE built in. Why is that so difficult for you to understand?
Of course I know no law is permanent. But can you comprehend the simple concept that a tax cut law which has an EXPIRATION date is much easier to get rid of than a tax cut law which has NO EXPIRATION dates as stipulated in the FC bill? If you can’t grasp that simple fact I am afraid there is nothing I can say to you.
It was a status quo election. The GOP retained control of the House. Obama won with just 51% of the vote--less than he received in 2008 in terms of both votes and percentage. Romney received more votes than McCain. It was certainly not a mandate for Obama's policies.
If the GOP thinks they lost, then they behave like losers. I can remember when the Reps controlled Congress and the WH. The Dems still acted like they were the majority party. If the GOP is afraid to exercise the power it does have, then what does it matter if we control the House?
WE ALL GO UP TO CLINTON TAX RATES. The Bush tax cuts had an EXPIRATION DATE built in. Why is that so difficult for you to understand?
What is hard to understand is why the GOP agreed in 2001 and 2003 to include a sunset provision in the bill. No doubt the Dems influenced that decision by playing hardball even though they were the minority party.
And cut the smarmy, condescending crap. I understand that the law contained a sunset provision--another GOP mistake. The GOP should have just let the taxes go up on everyone. It could have been a teachable momement for the nation, which would have more skin in the game as to why our spending is out of control. When almost 50% of Americans pay no income tax and the top 1% pay 38%, there is an issue of fairness and the inability to make a small segment of our population carry the costs of the welfare state, which is unsustainable.
Right now, the majority of the American people want the rich to pay more if you believe the polls. And Obama is just getting started on increasing taxes on the rich. We are going to have this fight and the sooner the better. If the Clinton tax rates were so great and contributed to increased prosperity, then let's return to them for everyone not just the 1%.