Death and Taxes

 Death and taxes are often cited as certainties. Another certainty, barring legislative and executive action, is that the tax cuts passed in 2001 will expire December 31, 2010. As you can see, this has been a certainty for some time, just the sort of certainty the National Chamber of Commerce, various politicians and business leaders are presently demanding. Possible legislative and executive action, on the other hand, are undeniably a source of uncertainty. Using myself as an example, I presently know exactly how much to increase my withholding on January 1, 2011, if I make the deceptive assumption that no other changes will occur. Those calling for certainty in their business environment are using certainty as a pretext for something else, and are not truthful.

Stan Collender - "Certainty" is nothing but spin.

Ezra Klein - Uncertainty, legislation and the market: