when they finally found themselves in the driver's seat they were hellbound to push their agendas regardless of external economic and politicial realities. The pushed cap-and-trade despite an economy in meltdown. They championed card check with unemployment growing in leaps and bounds. They are trying to pass massive entitlements in the face of record defecits. Finally, they are looking to pass comprehensive health care legislation despite the public's disapproval. Pelosi, Waxman, Frank, Rangel, et al, are dinosaurs of the sixites, and act as though they lost touch with reality at that time. "Instead, joblessness shot through the 10 percent barrier before the end of 2009..." proving once more tax cuts don't result in the private sector creating jobs. Tax cuts failed in 2009 to create jobs. Tax cuts failed in 2008 to create jobs. Tax cuts failed in 2001 and 2002 to create jobs. Tax cuts failed in 1981 to create jobs, with employment rising rapidly to 10.8% until after Reagan agreed to pull back the 1981 tax cuts. This is utter nonsense. It's true that there is not a simple cause-and-effect relationship between tax cuts and lower unemployment. The cure for unemployment anywhere is economic growth. It's also true that not all tax cuts have the same effect on economic growth. But many -- such as payroll tax cuts, capital gains tax cuts, accelerated depreciation, and marginal income tax cuts that increase incentives for making that next dollar -- contribute to higher growth. The eventual result is higher employment