Reply #44: I disagree a bit.

[kenfrequed]

Had we 'stuck it to the rich' the budget deficit would not have been an issue the repukes could have claimed a stake on. While I do think the unemployment benefits were important I do not think that the tax breaks were a good idea or sustainable. They were a holdover from Bush policy and really should be done away with. The programs that could be sustained with the revenue from those tax cuts is far more important than the pittance that those tax cuts put back into the system.