that's a check of the fox 5 onx time traffic. very much.ver president obama called onca congress monday to extend taxexe cuts for ndlow and middle income earners. while allowing taxes to increase for families that make more thao $250,000 a year.re $250now, economists are weighinn we turn to dr. rothi. good to see you.se let's try to get a handle onon this. first, i assume that anyone who gets the fax cut, if the fax cut is extended -- the tax cut, ifi the tax cut is extended, it's ad good thing. >> what under's doing, it's affecting a good portion of the population, so from that standpoint, it is definitely -- keep in mind this is less about trying to stimulate the economy today, and more about what n ppens come january 1 when the tax cuts effectively expire from the previous administration. if something's not done, wedon would see another $400 billionb for revenue. re >> as you say, not so much aboub stimulating but kind of more maintaining so that we don't have trouble in january? >> absolutely. in fact, it's more about keeping