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What a weird bill, it only affects a 4 month period, what is so special about Sept 27, 2010 to Jan 1, 2011?

The Bush tax cuts expire at the end of 2010. This is just temporary until the new adiministration can pass their tax legislation which will probably include something similar to this.

One hypothesis might be that a more long-lasting bill is being drafted, and this an interim solution.

> One hypothesis might be that a more long-lasting bill is being drafted, and this an interim solution.

A more realistic hypothesis is that they've figured out that a long term approach is dumb. A bill that has to be renewed every six months gives folks two reasons a year to "help" the legislators.

Remember, "reform" means "we need to get more money from supporters".

That's 2009 thinking. You know how much work it is to round up 1,000 $2,300 donations?

Just get one guy to write a $2 million dollar check to the Chamber of Commerce and you're good to go. After all, it's freedom of speech, according to the Citizens United ruling.

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