Should the Bush tax cuts be allowed to expire?

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11. Nonsense

Despite your attempt to turn this into a simplistic loaded negative sound-byte, with "...So you're for increasing the deficit by continuing tax cuts for the rich?" the answer remains yes, if the choices are as I described them.

If I were in Congress and had before me a tax surcharge on the rich to be applied to the deficit, as opposed to new spending, I would vote against it out of necessity.

And so would anyone else who understands the first freaking thing about economics.

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You seem to believe Congress is a static body. If the tax cuts end, regardless of the justification, that will not preclude additional spending. If they're extended, they will increase the deficit and produce no economic benefit at the higher incomes. There is also no guarantee that spending cuts wouldn't be introduced beyond that.

That's just common damn sense, no economics degree or understanding required.