Reply #26: No deal at all is no longer an option. The deal was done. [View All]

[Hello_Kitty]

Having a large segment of workers with less money in their pockets in 2011 than they had in 2010 is not terribly stimulative, is it? It was a stupid boneheaded mistake on the part of the Admin to not notice this. And the Dems in Congress foolishly chose to focus on the estate tax rather than amend the bill to correct it. All they would have had to do was expand EITC or reinstate a partial MWP credit to make up the difference. But no, the response has been mostly "Shut up, paupers, it could have been worse!"