Reply #2: You have to remember that Obama is facing an entirely different [View All]

[WCGreen]

situation now than when he made those promises literally years ago...

Now to let them expire will allow for tax planning as well as to get people behind whatever stimulus package he is going to have to put in place...

And if you think about the situation from a political situation, it is foolish for Obama to let the tax cuts expire right before he is up for re-election. This alone tells me that Obama is more concerned about cobbling together the coalition needed to pass his stimulus package and get the country on the right track than some political gamesmanship three years down the road.