Thank you for supporting the Middle Class Tax Cut Act. It is the right thing to do. Tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires is not the right thing to do.           
Diana, Boulder Creek

Thank you so much for that marvelous speech you gave in Congress about taxes. You spoke for us, the 99%!
Ilse, Berkeley

Thank you so much for your leadership and support of President Obama's plan to decrease taxes on the middle class while raising rates on those making more than $250,000. I urge you and all Democrats - including our President - to hold firm on this commitment. I also fervently hope you and other Democrats will support the President in NOT letting the debt ceiling be debated in winter 2013. It is crucial that it be part of whatever deal is currently being negotiated so we don't have to waste more time on Republicans' efforts to hold economic growth and fairness hostage.
Christine, Davis

Personally, I'm willing to pay more taxes, especially if they go toward education, health, infrastructure and improved quality of life for all Americans. I don't want my tax cut to be a worry in the negotiations with the Republicans. Let the year close without the agreement, and start out the new Congress with a different set of negotiators at the table. Then, raise the tax rates on the rich as we requested in our election. Politically, it is also to the advantage of democratic people to go "over the cliff." We are showing our goodwill, willing to pay taxes, making the safety and fiscal health of the nation a priority. Perhaps we'll unseat some more Tea Party extremists in the next election and give our President the support he needs for his final two years.
Mark, Monterey

Thank you, Senator Boxer, for focusing on this issue. Voting rights must be protected, cabinet nominees must be approved, but nothing is more important right now than avoiding the "fiscal cliff" and heading off political fighting over the debt ceiling. Until we can agree on these fiscal issues, I don't know how the United States government can do any other important business.
Steven, Antioch

Thank you for your hard work to help the middle class during this "fiscal cliff" time. Indeed that action will help to prevent another recession. Yes, the big buck guys have to pay a bit more.
Jean, San Francisco

Keep up the pressure! I know you are aggressive, but choose your words carefully. We don't need "tax relief," we need to stop hostage-taking inaction by Republicans. There is no "fiscal cliff." It is a curtain about to be removed to show just who the Republicans really are. I say, let's pull back that curtain.
Gordon, Saratoga

Thank you for standing strong on this issue. It is of utmost importance to me that Democrats not allow tax cuts for the very wealthy continue. In my opinion, it is a better option to "go over the cliff" than to allow this Bush-era class protectionism to continue.
Jeremy, San Francisco

The Republicans’ ideological rant against ANY tax rate increase, holding up action on continuing tax relief for most Americans, is just silly (and please remind Speaker Boehner that we had a surplus when Bush II took office, and he squandered it all and then some on a disastrous escapade in Iraq, without paying for the war with the necessary tax hikes that every previous "wartime" president prudently put in place). Enough is enough. The wealthiest Americans have seen their net worth approach the stratosphere while ordinary folks are suffering from the economic catastrophe brought on by their greed. Its well past time for the upper crust to put up their fair share to support the government that has fostered their path to prosperity. Thank you for standing up (even if it means just stating the obvious). We're with you!
Bradus, Richard, San Francisco

Thank you.
Thank you for urging the Republicans to pass tax cuts for the 98% and urging them to increase taxes and eliminate the loopholes of the top 2% that are being coddled and haven't been paying their fair share of taxes for decades. The top 2% need to decide if they self-identify as Americans and have any commitment to the growth and development of this country and ALL its citizens or if they think they belong to an international elite class removed from the human race that identify as hoarders of wealth and "things" and are but empty shells of a human being.
Philip and Linda, Fresno

You speak of millionaires and billionaires. What about a small business man working 60/70 per week risking his capital to enlarge his business and has a S corporation and some other investments not major. He is facing A COMBINED 58% TAX in California. Do you think this is fair? The cut off point for increased taxes should be at least $500,000. Destroying incentive is counter productive
David, Los Angeles

AS a middle class Disabled person Iam on a limited income and a tax increase would not be a very good thing. Keep a middle class tax decrease to be voted in.
Paul, Los Angeles