The Bush Tax Cut Extension Bill Will Never See the Light of Day

Never fear liberals, there is NO WAY that the Bush tax cut bill is going to pass. "What's that?," you say, "Obama and Republican leaders have struck a deal extending all of the Bush tax cuts, including those for millionaires and billionaires." True, Obama and Republicans have struck such a deal, but when the Tea Party hears about this, it's history! The Tea Party has rallied for almost two years against deficits. The deficits that Bush began and Obama has continued have been public enemy number one for them. And the Bush tax cuts are responsible for about 30% of those deficits. Combined with the fact that Republicans would be voting for such socialist Obama policies as extension of the Obama tax cuts from the Stimulus Bill (roughly 40% of the $700B Stimulus), extension of unemployment benefits for 13 MONTHS, tax cuts to encourage green energy, and aid for college students--ALL UNPAID FOR. The tax cuts, combined with these socialist endeavors, will cost at least 1/2 TRILLION dollars annually in deficits, to be paid for later by our children. Anyone that knows anything about the Tea Party will know that there is NO WAY that they will stand for this. Therefore, the bill is Dead On Arrival!

Of course I'm being entirely sarcastic; these tax cuts are going to pass. But the point is that while it is idiotic for Democrats to go along with the tax cuts, it is just as idiotic for Republicans to push this bill, which will increase the deficit in order to extend tax cuts that massively increase the deficit. I know the Tea Party hasn't proven to be particularly intelligent, but in the off-chance that they actually figure out that two plus two equals four, the GOP might just find themselves in a world of hurt. This bill is EVERYTHING that the tea party campaigned against for the last year and a half.