No more politics with the tax structure of the USA. The Democrats can't wimp out on this. And, yes, they look like wimps when they allow extensions of these tax cuts. We need to get on with governing and have the Middle Class fight for better wages.
I would love to have the tax cuts saved for anyone earning $250,000 per year, but, we simply can't allow it if it means the wealthy aren't paying their share of the tax burden. The wealthy have been indulged for a very long time. Where has it gotten us? We need to put the country back together and we can't do that with extension after extension, after extension.
What is occurring is Republican's 'Carrot 'n' Stick.' They allow unemployment to be extended if the Bush Tax Cuts are extended. Well, guess what? With increased revenue we could afford to extend unemployment anyway.
The Republicans will allow all kinds of Democratic soft targets to be provided for so long as the Bush Tax Cuts remain. Well, if we had tax increases we could afford all the appropriate soft targets anyway.
The Republicans chronically take the Middle Class and Poor as hostages and get away with it. That has to end.
We have a lot to do in this country. We have gun control to legislate, we have immigration law to change, we have an entire generation without employment and the country is tired of the Republicans holding all those people hostage for the sake of The Bush Tax Cuts.
The Debt Ceiling is coming. We need additional taxes to stop the ever needed and repeated request for increases. When the USA Treasury has reasonable revenues and is recovering so the Debt Ceiling doesn't have to be raised anymore; the Democrats will finally be able to govern and legislate. The politic dialogue in the USA always surrounds the issue of taxes, some kind of hideous cliff and debt ceilings. It is time to end it.
The citizens of the USA are not hostages. They are hard working people raising families with hope for the future. They need their stability back permanently and know where they stand so they can plan. This is crazy. It is as crazy as the current gun laws.
The nation needs to move forward. It's is time to do exactly that. When the bell chimes at midnight the USA Treasury has an income again. That is not so bad. Seriously.
No more holding the promises made to generations for a secure aging and longevity. We need to do this. Seriously.
