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Right now I feel it's necessary to point out that our economy went into the ****ter WHILE these cuts were in place.
Sure, but that's no reason to believe that raising them will have no adverse consequences. IMO we need to prioritize the short-term problem of fighting the recession; we can tackle the deficit problem when the economy starts to recover. While I'd rather have another large dose of stimulus spending, I recognize that that isn't likely to happen. As such, extending all or some of the tax cuts for another year is probably the best economy-growing policy at our disposal.