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But to a democrat, the tax system is broke unless the rich pay 'their fair share'. A democrat would sacrifice economic growth to ensure the rich are heavily taxed. If it results in less tax revenue, you can always make up the difference by raising taxes on the rich even more.

What do the Democrats not understand about, "If it ain't broke don't fix it?"

The politicians on the democratic party understand full well that the economy is not broken. But, if wouldn't serve their purposes of winning or retaining control of congress or the presidency if they were to go along and agree that tax cuts work and that Bush's economic policies need to remain in place. Admitting that tax cuts work, and that people know how to best manage their own money and not the government, would be political suicide for the democrats.

Even if the budget is balanced while Bush is still in office, the democrats will find a way to demagogue the "balanced budget" while many social services or entitlements didn't get the funding to "make life better for the needy or poor". In other words, balancing the budget while "people are suffering" is not the correct way to balance the budget. There is only one way that the democrats understand and that is by "raising taxes on the rich". The poor and ignorant can be sold on that type of government that's "looking out for the little guy while sticking it to the rich guy".

Never mind that raising taxes always hurts the economy. The ignorant voters have no basic understanding about economics. Ignorant voters are the major constituency of the democratic party.