Comments on: Earmarks Before Taxes http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/04/earmarks-before-taxes/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sean P http://informedspeculation.com/2007/01/04/earmarks-before-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-187937 Sean P Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:06:12 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/01/04/earmarks-before-taxes/#comment-187937 Remember, Democrats don't have to vote to rescind the tax cuts to make them go away, they don't have to do anything but not bring up a vote making the cuts permanent and they will go away automatically in 2011. My guess is they'll do what they can to keep the issue off the table for as long as possible (hopefully, for them, until after the 2008 elections). Then, Democrats will propose making some of the cuts permanent (but not for those superrich bastards making the ungodly sum of $200,000 a year) and take credit for cutting taxes (or at least try to). Remember, Democrats don’t have to vote to rescind the tax cuts to make them go away, they don’t have to do anything but not bring up a vote making the cuts permanent and they will go away automatically in 2011.

My guess is they’ll do what they can to keep the issue off the table for as long as possible (hopefully, for them, until after the 2008 elections). Then, Democrats will propose making some of the cuts permanent (but not for those superrich bastards making the ungodly sum of $200,000 a year) and take credit for cutting taxes (or at least try to).

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