since this somehow ended in personal attack… the only "data" i need to decide what is my better financial interest is the 1040 returns for the past 12+ years.
Now, I know what you're about to say too. "It surprises me that americans would sheepishly care about a 'tax' break that means a refund of a couple of hundred of dollars, or how people would care about estate taxes, or investment breaks etc when they don't have much.. They're so blind blind blah blah blah", except that these things are relevant for folks on the $300k+ range household income. Democrats love to play robin hood with these folks. They won't take it from the really rich to give it to the rest. They always take it upper midle range of household.
All my 1040 "data" indicates that I have faired far better over the last to terms than before.
Now, the next argument I've heard also is , those that make more should pay more. Yeah, I heard that one to, which goes back to my tag line. Those that make more shouldn't have to pick up all the slack for overleveraged FF irresponsible folks. Or if you want to take more, take it from the really rich which wouldn't make a dent for them. Sorry, I despise the FFL asses.
I love it when the gov gridlocks, because no extremes occur. One uniform party gov, means less likely chance of gridlock. In the current climate, this would to me mean a bailout never seen before at the expense of responsible taxpayers.
The fact that some of these bills have made it past the house is starting to be of concern itself. You would think there would be delays, and lots of questions. A lot of folks here think that can't possibly be a bailout. There can't possibly be drastic actions. But the "facts" seem to indicate we are in unchartered territory right now. Extremes are possible.
