Politics: Breaking: Republicans aren’t as fiscally responsible as they claim
- $3.9 trillion cost of extending all of the Bush tax cuts source
- » And that’s not even including an additional $950 billion in interest payments. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who supports extending all of the cuts, says we can offset this massive increase in the deficit by instituting a $300 billion spending freeze. This would pay for about 6% of the cost, which is sort of like if I take your iPhone and offer you a DVD of “Corky Romano” in exchange.