Make the Tax Cuts PERMANENT And kill the death tax while you’re at it Republicans are hoping to do one of the few good things they have done well: make President Bush’s tax cuts permanent. This will not only keep more money in the pockets of taxpayers, it is expected to generate more revenue and chop at the deficit. It is believed that Bush’s tax cuts generated $100 billion in new tax revenues because taxpayers had more of their own money to invest, generating jobs that produced more tax revenues. A popular target is the estate tax, known as the...