The economy already went over the cliff after the Dubya tax cuts--how soon you forget. No jobs were created from tax cuts and people know better than to believe that fairytale about tax cuts for "job creators". We've had the Dubya tax cuts in place and renewed for about a decade now. Where are the jobs?
Apparently you've been playing Rip Van Winkle for the last 3.5 years. The Democrats controlling the Congress and the presidency decided that they wanted to continue reaping the benefits of low taxes by extending them until the end of 2012. That wasn't a "change" you could believe in. Was it? Where are the jobs?