Lybs wrote:
I don't really care any more one way or the other if the millionaires and billionaires get those tax cuts or not. ...............What I do care about is that the middle class  and the 60% of the country who are making less than middle class get their tax cuts. To them that couple thousand or couple hundred they get makes a huge difference. It could mean keeping up with the rising costs of groceries, heating bills, medical bills etc. .

Lybs, It is the Democrats, not the Republicans, who are trying to stop Obama's bill retaining the current tax rates for the middle class and the wealthier people. In other words, the Republicans are trying to do exactly what you said, and the Democrats are trying to stop it.

High taxes are bad for the economy.  Here in Washington State the people voted down a proposed state income tax on the wealthy, and I'm glad we did, because right now a lot of businesses and wealthy people move to Washington state from Oregon because of the better business climate.     

Isaiah 50:7    "For the Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been confounded; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame"