Senate Democrats Propose Letting Tax Cuts Expire

New York Times: “Senate Democrats — holding firm against extending tax cuts for the rich — are proposing a novel way to circumvent the Republican pledge not to vote for any tax increase: Allow all the tax cuts to expire Jan. 1, then vote on a tax cut for the middle class shortly thereafter.”

“The proposal illustrates the lengths lawmakers are going to in an effort to include new federal revenues in a fix for the ‘fiscal cliff,’ the reckoning in January that would come when all Bush-era tax cuts expire and automatic spending cuts to military and domestic programs kick in.”

Bloomberg: The perils of the coming U.S. fiscal cliff.