Americans Say Taxes Are Top Priority for Lame-Duck Congress

Who picked out the $250,000 figure and why...why not just of said $100,000 instead..

I'd say you need to get a new tax firm, jamiegrif!! lol... I believe we should be worrying about how to secure the future of our country by eliminating our debts, not obsessing over self-serving, budget busting tax cuts. Eliminating the tax cut and pork; stopping welfare, Medicare and SS for illegals; and getting control of unrestrained defense spending might just keep our country from collapsing. If we don't get our debt under control China, Japan, India, Germany, etc. will not lend us any more money and the U.S.A could go bankrupt just trying to pay the interest on our debt. We need to stop being a nation of short-sighted sociopaths.

I say post the names of the wealthy that were avoiding taxes in UBS and other Swiss banks,it's been a year since these people were caught and UBS has payed fines.I would also like to see a list of American corporations who are registered in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens.

Paying 35% of income is not a tax break. The rich pay a BIGGER AMOUNT AND A BIGGER PERCENTAGE than the rest. Us wealthy folks pay a lot of taxes. I paid over a million last year. How much did you pay?? Did I get more government than you? Did I get any bigger benefit because I paid more? I am not the problem!!. We all want someone else to pay more taxes not ourselves. Is that human nature? We have a SPENDING problem not a tax problem. Government workers retire early and with higher benefits than the rest of us. Why should the President live tax free in our whitehouse and have a private chef and fly private? We are being taken to the cleaners by the ruling class. But that is ok blame the rich we are all so selfish and cheap. We work hard and sacrifice because we are bad people. Doesn't that make you feel better. Blame the rich, blame Bush blame, anybody you want. Wasn't it JFK who said ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country?

I’d like to offer a question for thoughtful consideration by all Americans and our politicians: how can people get so worked-up about our debt being increased by $700 billion if “rich” people get a tax cut extension, but no one mentions that the extension for the rest of us will cost $3 trillion? We can’t afford to increase our national debt by $700 billion, but increasing it by $3 trillion is OK? Hummmm? Think maybe the question doesn’t come up because we have gutless Republicans and Democrats in Washington, DC? I believe it’s time us Americans to act like adults and do away with extending the tax cuts altogether. Are we going to be self-centered, “no more taxes” cry-babies or adults concerned for the financial health of our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Unfortunately for future generations, it does appear that we have become a nation of self-centered sociopaths.

I’d like to offer a question for thoughtful consideration by all Americans and our politicians: how can people get so worked-up about our debt being increased by $700 billion if “rich” people get a tax cut extension, but no one mentions that the extension for the rest of us will cost $3 trillion? We can’t afford to increase our national debt by $700 billion, but increasing it by $3 trillion is OK? Hummmm? Think maybe the question doesn’t come up because we have gutless Republicans and Democrats in Washington, DC? I believe it’s time us Americans to act like adults and do away with extending the tax cuts altogether. Are we going to be self-centered, “no more taxes” cry-baby brats or adults concerned for the financial health of our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Unfortunately for future generations, I believe the answer is “cry-babies!”

Your attempt to instill/restore civility to political discussions will indeed fall on deaf ears; the same bi-partisan ears that refuse to process when asked for a simple 'yes' or 'no' in favor of cuts in 1.) welfare, 2.) social security and 3.) health care. Instead of a one-syllable reply consisting of a two- or three-letter word, you'll be deluged with gobbledegook that leaves you wondering what exactly was said. Where's Harry S Truman when we really need him?

Let them all laps 1000 dollars not gonna make that much difference if your suffering and if your want to talk discrimination to the millionaires they pay close to 350,000. So i have no problem giving up my grand so others can pay there fair share. Corporate greed and the lack of any type of accountability or conscious caused this crap in the first place. So to those millionaires that will be affected pay up. Its not like your one of us getting fired or that you lose any sleep when you send jobs over seas.

Not approving the tax-cuts for ALL is discrimination pure & simple. If they were to approve tax-cuts for only whites, people would be screaming. If they were extended for only blacks, hispanics, gays, or women, but not men, again, not tolerated. Why it this particular brand of discrimination acceptable? Why penalize people for becoming successful? Isn't persuing the American Dream what makes this country great? Why not eliminate the IRS & employ a fair-tax of the same percentage on everyone's gross income? Earn a lot, pay a lot. Make a little, pay a little.

Remember "My Big Fat Greek Wedding?" The father ran around with a bottle of Windex believing that spraying it on any ailment will solve the problem. Pimple... Windex. Broken arm... Windex. Headache...Windex. Tax cuts for the wealthy is the Republican version of windex. The economy is good...Windex! The economy is bad...Windex. We have a surplus... Windex! We have a deficit... Windex. No matter what ails our country, tax cuts will solve them. Now, please name one year when supply economics were used that we had a growing economy and low uneployment without running a deficit? you can't. It's never happened! Remember, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.