Reply #47: They do unless the democans and republicrats

[ProudDad]

find another "compromise" to extend the cuts.

bush the lesser couldn't pass the original costly tax cuts for the rich unless he used the "budget reconciliation" process -- which only required a simple majority but HAD TO sunset in 10 years.

The republicans figured (rightly, it appears) that the Democans DAREN'T allow them to end so either:

1) They'd hamstring the pResident if he were a Democrat (and it has)
2) They'd be able to extend them if the pReseident were another republican

They win either way...

The REAL ELEPHANT in the living room is the fucking WAR budget -- now over 59% of discretionary expenses...

I agree 100% with the republicans about "smaller government". I'd make the USAmerican government at least 3/4 of a TRILLION dollars smaller by hacking the shit out of the bloody, useless, counter-productive, dangerous war machine!