[hotsteppa]

He gets to raise taxes on the top 2% or whatever percentage of earners who make quite a contribution to this economy. How do you think they are gonna react now? How does that help the economy? On top of that, we are adding trillions to the debt as there was no spending cuts in this deal.

If you think the Repubs are gonna hold out for a better deficit reduction deal when time comes for the Debt Limit negotiations, then there is a bridge somewhere I would like to sell you. Show me the evidence in the past where they have fought? Cmon man, don't blow sunshine on this, we were sold down the river.

Also, this premise that some on here like to say about tax cuts for 98% of the population is bogus. what about the payroll tax increase? Cmon man, dont be delusional.

[Lancey Howard]

...what about the payroll tax increase?

The payroll tax "holiday" was Ubama's, and so is the end of the payroll tax "holiday". He owns it.
Get a grip.

[dfwgator]

Just like in 1938, Hitler only got the Sudetenland, and of course within the year, he wound up getting all of Czechoslovakia. And for sure, Obama will eventually come for the rest.