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Future. it will have an impact on how much budget deficits grow in the future and, as you saw, the price tag of this deal could potentially be in the $4 trillion range, largely because of this permanent amt repeal. >> there's one more piece of this that we talked about going into the negotiations for this over the weekend and that's what it would mean for the unemployeds long-term benefits. they will be extended now for about 2.1 million americans but just for a year, right? >> that's right. this will be a fight that will come up again, no doubt about it. but this was a big priority for the wh...

Fear among a lot of businesses that these can expire and that tax rates will dramatically increase with no deal in congress. >> something else that we didn't hear a lot about is the alternative minimum tax, but this deal actually permanently fixes that. why is that important? >> every single year, congress punts on the so-called amt. this is a tax system that was created in a way that was not supposed to hit the middle class but over the years the way it's happened is eventually it's threatened to hit the middle class every single year so every single year congress decides to punt on this issu...