seek an infrastructure job creation act financed by a special tax on incomes over $250,000. Tax should be indexed.

The compromise on middle class tax relief seems to be a first step for income equality, a major one needed to rebuild the middle class. Congress seems to be concerned about deficits, hence the tax. The top earners have had a "free ride" way too long. Even the expiration of the cuts will do little to repair the damage. Rep. Paul Ryan proposed a new budget that he claims should balance the budget by 2023 instead of his old target of 2038. His only explanation was more income from the expiration of the cuts. Let's let the 2% actually create some jobs for a change. They already got rewarded for it. Our roads and bridges need major maitenance.