Reply #23: He extended unemployment and kept middle class tax level stable during a jobs recession.

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And when he extended the Bush tax cuts with the wealty portions included, he never once acted like it was, in and of itself, the right thing to do. He clearly said it would not create one job. But paired with what he got in return, it was the right thing to do.

I agreed with that compromise. It was the end of the year and the tea baggers were about to seize control of Congress. The President made the correct assessment, that unemployment benefits and middle class tax stability was far more important right now than sticking it to the rich on the taxes. He had to get the best deal he could before the Dems totally handed over control. And as far as the needs of the many go, it would have been immoral to gamble extending unemployment benefits and middle class tax stability on winning a 3-4% tax increase on the wealthy.