Should the Bush Tax Cuts Be Renewed For Everyone?

hi elmiklo yes indeed if thats what it takes to get all the damned' businesses to start hiring I am for it, no matter what. my own son has had a devil of a time trying to get a job again and did get a part time job but now the jerk boss only wants him once a week so its back to square one again. I would love to get out ot this damned retirement center as I am only here as we got evicted and without money you are just homeless. I am in a retirement center,not free do not get that idea, it takes most of my social security and ssi checks to pay the rent and board each month. nor as one mylotter snottily suggested I get free internet no , I pay 39 dollars each month for it so thats not free.my son got gov. help to get into House America so he could look for work and have an address to give. this is really horrible this economy in our great United State and it does not look like its over yet either. I am bitter yes as I want out of here so I can cook for myself.

Yes I agree.. tax cuts to EVERYONE will help our economy. So what if the rich get tax cuts as well? What happens when rich people have more money in their pockets? They spend it. They'll go out to eat more, go shopping more, buy more stuff. That money then is in the hands of a business who must hire employees to wait on customers. My husband works in a retail store.. if he didn't have customers he wouldn't have a job! See.. thing is.. those who do earn $250,000+ a year probably went to college and have probably worked long and hard to get where they are. Those who make less than $100,000 a year probably did not go to college, and have not worked for very long to get where they are. Perhaps they can keep working to get more money, or maybe they're just stuck at low paying jobs for their whole lives... either way. Why should the person who went to college and worked their butts off have to shell out more tax money and watch the government give breaks to this guy who's flipping burgers at McDonald's just because he dropped out of high school? Think about it.. how would you feel if you were in the upper class? Would you be willing to give the government more money so that those who don't earn as much as you could get bigger tax breaks? Probably not. No matter who you are you probably worked really hard for your money.. and you want to keep as much of it as you can and spend it as you please. I'd rather the guy flipping burgers at McDonald's earns his money by cooking me a burger instead of by recieving my tax money from the government.

Do what they have to, although I don't see the companies hiring because they do it.

ya me too they do need the breaks so they can hire and not go out of business I see so many little shops around here that have closed sighhhhhhhh

If the same things are done in the same way there is no reason to expect anything to change. They didn't hire or grow when they had the tax breaks, and still they managed to net over $250,000. We are all going to have to pull in our belts, the the rich,by increased taxes, and the rest of us by losted deductions, such as health care and mortgage interest. But we also need to tax the goods from China and other nations who maintian hugh workforces making less than a living wage and therefor having a big advantage in the sale of goods.