I've been awake so long, it's like another day

Just needed to get at least one more thing off my chest (leaving next to nothing there... ;)

The Bush Tax Cuts and the Republican Cult of Economic Failure:

There's no such thing as a free lunch, and there's no such thing as an honest case for extending the Bush tax cuts. Ten years of hard data prove they were a complete failure. They did not work while Bush was in office and they did not work during the first two years of the Obama administration. No wonder theCongressional Budget Office says that the GOP's proposed extension of tax cuts to the rich will reduce future economic growth.

To recap:

In terms of promoting economic growth, the Bush tax cuts were a complete failure.

The full article lays out the numbers.  Time to punch a hole in the drywall - peace out.