Yes, but absolutely not beneficial to the citizen, they exported a tremendous amount of jobs/goods production to china, india, mexico, etc. All for what!? Higher profits?! Do those profits come back to US? no Do they go to the rich investors and CEOs? yes IT IS A SOLID FACT THAT EXPORTING BUSINESS PRODUCTION OUT OF COUNTRY HURTS THE COUNTRY, you can argue all you want but in the end there is less jobs for americans, the country imports more than it exports, and corporations get rich. You're forgetting that there should be a balance between import and export, the more you export the more $$ you make. China has been doing their own form of capitalism for well over 10 years, you're way late there bud. The tax cuts should expire and a new set should be in put place, give tax cuts to businesses producing on us soil to the middle class and to the small business owner, and tax the businesses outsourcing jobs overseas. Like i said to start out the cuts benefit the wealthiest the most, not the small business owners and not the average citizen, its this imbalance that makes me not want to support the renewal. Just saying tax cuts are awsome, but only if they're balanced.