Hoyer: Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly

> A top House Democrat said Tuesday that tax increases will eventually be necessary to address the nation’s mounting debt, raising a difficult election-year issue as Democrats fight retain control of Congress. > > In the near term, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer raised the possibility that Congress will only temporarily extend middle-class tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. He pointedly suggested that making them permanent would be too costly. via [sfgate.com](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/22/national/…