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Hmmm. Wonder how Eric Paulsen will demonstrate true leadership...by continuing to play acolyte to Grover Norquist? We're watching!

Taxing the rich at 100% won't pay the interest for more than a week... can you libs come up with any real ideas?

President Obama should not let Republicans hold the entire economy hostage just so they can continue to give tax cuts to the rich. The best way to avoid the Republican roadblock is to just let all of the Bush tax cuts expire January 1, and then propose a bill on January 2 to create new tax cuts for the middle class.

The GOP created this temporary tax cut under bush because they did not want to face the deficit reality that would have been obvious if they had done so. The only leverage Obama has is to do nothing, just as the GOP is planning to do nothing. Then after the so called "fiscal cliff" occurs, everyone can get together and agree to lower taxes on everybody.

Find it doubtful if my rep McCullum will be in the mix to solve the problem. Only thing I remember Betty doing is cutting funding to the military bands.

Everyone should pay taxes. If the poor just paid $10.00 that would be a huge amount of money. Why should half the US pay nothing? Shameful. 40 years ago we had a family income of less than 20,000 and paid about 25 percent so we contributed our fair share. Everyone should pay even $10.00 per year.

I already pay more taxes than 80-percent of Americans and will gladly pay a little more in taxes but first you have to show me that we are actually going to cut federal spending by at least 10-percent.

brianjapan.. I hope your family has food.. because I think when you are very poor, it isnt that you dont want to pay taxes, it is you have the choice between food and the street. Apparently the republicans didnt get the message (at least here in Minnesota).. they dont like what is going on. Taxes need to go up for the rich and probably for everyone else AND cut the military spending... we dont need to be the world police

brianjapan " Everyone should pay even $10.00 per year."

If everyone paid $10 per year that would be $3 Billion about enough money to fund the government for about 6 hours

@brianjapan 40 years ago was 1972. $20,000 in 1972 adjusted for inflation is $109,816.06 today and $10,000 in 1972 adjusted for inflation in $54,908.03, which is far more than the meager about you try to portray. The majority of the working poor who receive more in tax refunds than they pay in because of various tax credits would rather earn enough to not qualify for these tax credits than receive them. I know they 2 years that I received more than I paid in every penny I got was used to catch up on bills and pay for car insurance so I could continue to go to work.