Voters Say Extend the Tax Cuts to All

According to Rasmussen, voters want Congress to continue the Bush tax cuts when they enter into their lame duck session. Specifically, 50% of likely voters want them extended for all Americans rather than continuing them for all but the "wealthy." Forty-four percent think they should be extended for everyone but the "wealthy."

President Obama insisted that only tax cuts for individuals who earn less than $200,000 annually and couples with a yearly income of less than $250,000 be extended temporarily. However, after the midterm elections he expressed a willingness to perhaps temporarily extend all of the cuts. If Congress fails to act by December 31, 2010, the effective federal tax rates of all tax-paying Americans will increase to pre-Bush levels.