Reply #17: Action liberals want to extend the Bush tax cuts

[Enrique]

the Bush tax cuts that barely passed when Bush and the GOP controlled the govt.

The Bush tax cuts that only Ben Nelson voted for. The Bush tax cuts that every democratic candidate promised in the primaries to end.

The action liberals are going to try to extend these tax cuts.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/10/22/biden-lets-make-a-deal/

Biden, appearing on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” said the administration is willing to consider raising from $250,000 the threshold at which higher taxes kick in under President Obama’s tax proposal.

The quid pro quo: Democrats get the tax cut they want – extending the Bush-era tax cuts for middle class families.

“I think it’s important we get the middle-class tax cut made permanent,” Biden said, adding: “We’re open to speak to the Republicans, if they really mean it, if they’re talking about deficit reduction, if they’re willing to move.”

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“I don’t have any problem with wealthy people getting a tax cut. I mean, for real,’’ he said. “I mean, these are good guys.”