On the recordFebruary 1, 2012
For those who believe in the Mayan end of days and the prophecy of the end of the world in 2012, the fact that our Republican friends have finally met a tax cut they don't like surely must be a sign of the apocalypse. Republicans fought tooth and nail opposing the middle class tax cut, only relenting at the 11th hour to a 2-month extension. But in the more than 40 days since then, they've ignored almost every attempt to enact a full-year extension. Why? Perhaps because it's primarily a middle class tax cut, saving 160 million Americans almost an average of $1,000 a year. Perhaps it's because President Obama proposed it, and in an election year, they'd rather defeat the President than, in fact, support initiatives designed to help the American people. Whatever the reason, Republican opposition, once again, threatens to raise taxes on millions of Americans, deny unemployment insurance to 2.3 million Americans, and risk Medicare access for 48 million Americans. It's long past time the Republicans stopped putting politics over people and instead extend those tax cuts for 160 million fellow citizens without making Americans wait until judgment day. ____________________
