Reply #6: No, that's not a compromise.

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Allowing the Bush tax cuts for rich people to continue for one day past January 1, 2011 is capitulation. Tax cuts for rich people, particularly in today's global economic environment, do nothing for the US except make rich people richer and increase the national debt. We have waited far too long to make this obvious point. Going along with Republicans' worn out trickle-down scam is a total sellout.

I'll tell you about a compromise: Let all the Bush tax cuts expire. That would be easy to do with the filibuster and veto. Now if they want to compromise, we might go along with a temporary extension for couples making $200K or less, not a penny more. Dividend, capital gains, and estate tax cuts are off the table. Take it or leave it. If Republicans want to say no to that, let them be the party that hates tax cuts.