Is continuing the Bush tax cuts hurting the economy?

Some of us never wanted to be rich. We simply wanted to live comfortably. We saw the kidnapping of rich people's kids & never wanted to go thru what they went thru.

But super rich people only get rich because they're greedy. Just being well off doesn't make you greedy, but selfless people don't get rich.

i think so

We need more tax cuts.

Ending the tax cuts will hurt the country, lesson to Bill Clinton

Starting the tax cuts never helped the country. Bill Clinton did VERY well without them. We never got into REAL trouble until Bush initiated them. Your logic is illogical.

Bill Clinton raised taxes on the wealthy, and 27 million jobs were created during his 8 years!!

The right-wing media took Clinton's comment out of context, he said that it would only hurt the economy if it raised taxes on the middle class.

Yes they are

Well if your a working family sure did make it worse. now if your in the 1% bracket then hey lets keep Bush's taxes cuts. Then there are people who like to scare people saying
if we get rid of bush tax's cuts then everybody is going to go up.
First of all if Bush would have kept his hands of off the surplus this whole country would be better off. Now all of a sudden there are people saying everybody else will go up well if Republicans get their way and Romney gets in you will be paying more taxes then you have ever paid before and guys like Romney will get a even bigger tax's cut.

Oh yeah, Bush's rates were going to create jobs just like Wrongmey is now saying. How many did Bush create? 3 million to 23 million for Clinton's tax rates. A boost in the rates could pay down the interest on Bush's 3 trillion deficit, and the Reaganomics which have never worked except to enrich the rich more.

They're responsible for over half of the debt Obama gets blamed for.

That's for sure Tea. We're the only ones who are willing to go on the record for it though.

It is helping by allowing more people to keep the money they earn...
Too bad this author decided to block me... some people can't handle the truth!

Helping people keep the money they earn is as far away from the truth as it gets.
This did just the oppsite it took money away from people big time and worse it
caused the biggest debt and thousands of jobs.

The problem is, there are too many who can't earn money to keep! No money, no purchasing, no flourishing economy!

Just speeding up the feudal state that the wealthy want. Keep on paying your taxes while the rich keep on NOT PAYING and you will see where we end up.

Yes and yes.

The debts that they are running up are killing the couthry

Definitely, particularly with the high unemployment rate. The Bush tax cuts have taken much needed revenue and helped increase the deficit.

But .....LOOK AT ALL THE JOBS THEY CREATED....in China!

Continuing the Bush tax cuts has not helped, for sure. It's like ordering a steak dinner and a martini and then leaving the tab for the next guy to deal with.

Along with the funding of huge prison and military industrial complexes. Stupidity to the max.

I think so

Obamanomics: Americans lost 40% of their wealth under Obama

Republicanomics, as they have been the ones controlling the purse strings in Congress, not the President.

???? Democrats have controlled Congress since 07. nice try though.

Sorry, but Republicans have controlled the House for 2 years now where they are the majority, and there isn't a super majority of Democrats in the senate. nice try though. Republicans dominated for the past two years. They are RESPONSIBLE as well, no matter how much you try to deflect that reality.

Let's also not forget the 8 years before '07, for which they are also RESPONSIBLE.

They took control of the House Jan. 2011. 2 years??? Can the House pass a bill without the Senate or President? NO! January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress. At the time:

The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77 The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5% The Unemployment rate was 4.6%

George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH Remember the day...

January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.

The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!

Right, it's been almost two years and they are responsible for that time, as well as the time they spent filibustering and obstructing everything coming down the pike.

You must be reading something that isn't true, as we were bleeding hundreds and thousands of jobs by 2008-2009.

Also, I would tend to think that Republicans had their hand in stopping any policies or watering them down that actually curbed the financial abuses. I don't have proof of this though, so I'll take your assertion that Barney Franks is responsible. That being said, I tend to think it wasn't just the housing crash that caused the financial meltdown, but the off-the books wars of GW Bush's, one of which was necessary by many accounts and the other completely illegal and which costs billions in money, not to mention the blood spilled.

In typical GOP fashion, I'm sure you blame the banking crisis on the President, like the others. You do not look at history. You look to the present without seeing the things that caused it.

Obama says the economy is fine. It's government that needs help.

And yet you ignore all the hundreds of times Obama has said the economy is not fine....Why?

The government does need help, but the Republicans insist that "government cannot create jobs" .... so which one is it?

To people who need a job, any job will do - including a "government" job - it's still a job.

Obama only wants to create union jobs. Obama took control of GM and Chrysler to save the Unions. GM and Chrysler would be better off today if they had filed bankruptcy but Obama couldn't let that happen because union contracts would be null and void. Obama put everything on recalling Governor Walker but the American people won and unions and democrats lost. Even FDR was against public sector unions. We need the RIGHT TO WORK!. The only thing Obama says about his ECONOMIC failure is " IT'S BUSH'S FAULT".

Your first three or four sentences are just accusations, nothing proven.

But I will say he has pointed the finger at Bush, but mostly the Republicans NOW. I can understand you don't want to hear about Bush, but NOW does matter and the fact of the matter is Republicans should be held accountable. So long as they point to the President for their failed policies, they should expect a finger pointing right back at them.

p.s. you didn't answer my question.....you hang on to one statement and ignore the hundreds of times he has said the economy is not fine.

Interesting.....and now you won't answer Kane, why?

No, he NEVER said that....except on FOX N...Never mind, THAT "N" word just doesn't fit!

AMEN

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Republicans have set the bar so high that even a Democratic majority can't get a bill through! Democrats never had 60 votes, Republicans filibuster to force 60 votes! Not only that but, Republicans are running as Democrats in districts where there are enough "conservative Democrats", become Republicans in Democrats clothing and vote against every bill Dems. try to get through! Every dirty trick in the book (along with voter suppression!) NO, Democrats NEVER had a majority...except on paper! If they did, this country would be showing the world how to do it!

No the lost was in the Real Estate Bubble the report was that the American public was at the same place as they were in 1992 most of the loses were due to realestate and 401K and the crash happene when in Sept 2008 and who was living in the White House then ? Take blame if you want to accept the credit