these people who object to any tax increase or letting the Bush tax cuts expire aren't getting any benefit. Iggy and Daydreamer, unless they're making over $1,000,000, aren't benefitting from them. I write payroll every week for my employees all of whom earn between $29,000 and $80,000. When the Bush tax cuts went into effect, it was worth between $1 and $3 every week.
The recent squabble over the payroll tax cuts has proven what everyone has been saying all along: the GOP Congress will vote against anything proposed by Obama & the Democrats, even if it goes against everything they've been preaching all along. More proof that the GOP all along as been giving it to the middle & lower classes. Sad, but a political victory of sorts for the Dems.
Hard to believe it, but the GOP-led Congress' popularity is at an historical all-time low. Even worse than lawyers & other lawmakers? Yikes!
Update: possible upcoming deal on the payroll tax cut. More than 160 000 000 (and counting) will benefit from the renewal of the tax cut. The GOP-led Congress (who were criticized by their own GOP Senators) has blinked. Well done, Mr. Obama.