Fair point - Edit 1
Before modification by Praziquantel at 10/11/2012 03:50:24 AM
You're betting on a similar tax code many years into the future. Who knows, maybe 30 years from now we have a 10% tax or something. You just paid at higher tax bracket now when you don't know what it will be in the future.
While that's POSSIBLE, I think taxes are probably near (my) lifetime lows atm, and only going to go higher with the debt and deficits the US is facing.
Besides, if I'm not owing any taxes right now, or fall in a lower tax bracket, I might as well go with the Roth (since the regular IRA deduction is worthless compared to future tax-free earnings in the Roth).