"With that, what are the chances of seeing a double dip recession at some point along the way? Back in 1937 (when the economy was in the process of recovery from the great Depression), Congress and President Roosevelt decided the thing to do was to balance the budget, which had gotten terribly out of whack as the government ran large deficits and pumped money into the system just as it’s doing now. So, they raised taxes and created another recession which basically lasted until war production ramped up in the early 1940’s.
Now, the Obama administration is intent on making the economically suicidal move to raise the top tax rate by 10% as it lets the Bush era tax cuts expire. Popular myth is that those who pay the highest tax rate are Wall Street fat cats but the reality is that 75% of them are the small business owners, the ones who are responsible for the large majority of new jobs that are actually created in the country. Taxing them will lead to fewer jobs being created (as they will have less to invest) and of course, less consumer spending."
Goldman Sachs.