https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/07/26/extending-tax-cuts-rhetoric-meets-reality/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 13:32:05 -0400<![CDATA[The basic situation?  The Democratic party is facing a dilemma of more or less its own doing with the looming end of Bush-era tax cuts.  The party generally ran on a program of repealing them for the &#8216;rich,&#8217; which was rhetorically useful (if not fiscally so); and some Democratic legislators are beginning to worry about the political effects of that.  The problem &#8211; which the Right has been saying all along &#8211; is that raising taxes on the top two tax brackets will affect an indeterminate number of small businesses.  Democratic legislators apparently plan to solve this problem by demonizing the Republican party&#8217;s position on tax relief while simultaneously coming as close to it as they dare.]]>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:52 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/07/26/extending-tax-cuts-rhetoric-meets-reality-n35614