Despite 41 straight months of unemployment above 8 percent and the weakest economic recovery since World War II, President Obama has announced his intention of raising taxes on nearly 1 million of our nation's businesses. Now Senate Democrats are joining the president's effort and attempting to hold the economy hostage by announcing their determination to let taxes rise for every American if Republicans don't agree to tax hikes on our nation's job creators. With more than 23 million Americans out of a job or underemployed, raising taxes on our nation's job creators is the worst possible thing we can do for our economy.