we've been reporting this for sometime -- that it was going to be tough to not extend the tax rates for everyone. make no mistake about it, house democrats are not happy that people making over $250,000 are getting the tax rates extended, but when you couple it with the estate tax, you hear them saying things like adding insult to injury. the bottom line is tax rates are supposed to go up for everyone at the end of the year, and remember that there are unemployment benefits, an extension of unemployment benefits in here and we are talking about millions of americans who are going to be losing their unemployment benefits if something doesn't go through by the end of the year here. >> brianna keilar, we appreciate you being on the case. talk to you again soon. let's talk about what some of our viewers out there are saying. let's talk about heather in spokane. she says with everything happening in the past week, i have to say that i have lost a lot of faith in our government. i am a forever optimist but some