Cross-posted at
BlogTheValley.com
There's no such thing as a permanent tax cut. It's a very simple fact that seems to have been overlooked by most after hearing the misleading idea from the Bush Administration over the last five years. And, unfortunately, Democrats have failed to capitalize on the "lie" of a permanent tax cut.
It is quite simple to understand if we know just a few pieces of information about the powers of Congress. First, Congress
always retains the power to repeal/amend/modify any law, statute, or action of Congress. In fact, almost every action of Congress from an internal rule change to a Constitutional Amendment can be repealed. Should the 109th Congress choose to extend the 2001 tax cuts, the 110th Congress could always choose to repeal them. Heck, Congress and the States could repeal the First Amendment if they really wanted to (though the notion is quite improbable).
There are technically only two changes that the Constitution forbids from modification, and even those can be modified with consent of the involved parties. Both of these "indefinite" restrictions come from Article V of the US Constitution. The First is now inapplicable because we have surpassed the year 1808:
Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article [the importation of slaves]
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and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
Even this one major restriction in Article V can be altered provided that States consent to being denied equal representation in the Senate.
To put it simply, NO action of Congress is EVER "permanent".
Don't buy into the lie any longer =
There's no such thing as a permanent tax cut!