bankrupt the government to in order to gut & destroy ALL social programs and to stop any other new social programs like the much needed health care for all to be funded.

(And republicans war for corporate profits also help raise the deficit and hence gut social spending that the corporate republicans despise and would rather give to their corporations in subsidies (welfare) and government contracts from their wars).

If Bush tax cuts for the rich are allowed to expire it will put more than 4 trillion dollars back into the treasury in the coming years - enough to fund all social programs needs for workers, the middle class & small businesses....

Republicans don't want to see that happen....they'll lie, distort, smear and fight to the end rather then allow that revenue to come in.

Of course the republicans and the rich are also greedy and want more & more that money from the deficit raising unfair tax cuts given to the rich by the republicans.

But how many jobs have been created with Bush's tax cuts for the rich in the 10 years the rich have been receiving the unfair deficit causing tax cuts for the rich? Statistically: NONE!