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Topic: GOP’s rejection of higher tax
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GOP’s rejection of higher tax
rates an obstacle to debt deal
Washington Post, by Paul Kane and David A. Fahrenthold
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 11/8/2012 11:02:49 PM
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| The new conciliatory tone among House Republican leaders this week will soon have to confront an old Washington reality: the GOP’s deep opposition to higher tax rates. As they begin bipartisan talks on a broad debt deal, White House and congressional leaders face a group of skeptical rank-and-file Republicans in the House who don’t view Tuesday’s Democratic victories as a reason to retreat on taxes. “The president may think that he’s got a mandate, but so do we. The president may have won a second term, but I won a third term,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said Wednesday.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
HPmatt, 11/8/2012 11:06:29 PM (No. 9001267)
Good - burn it down now rather than burn it down with TRILLIONS of more debt and spending.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TheMom, 11/8/2012 11:12:57 PM (No. 9001280)
No deals! Stand your ground, Congress!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Th-Gr-Sil-Majority, 11/8/2012 11:25:13 PM (No. 9001307)
...for the next 2 years, the congress will be the last line of defense with 0bama. They must hold their gorund and remember that bi-partisianship is a two way proposition...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Objectivity, 11/8/2012 11:26:54 PM (No. 9001313)
never forget ... the 'news' media is now nothing but a propaganda organ for the Dem Party and certainly for Team 44 ... sad to say
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
beancounter, 11/8/2012 11:55:12 PM (No. 9001357)
I would be OK with more taxes if there were actual spending cuts. I would say:"show me a budget with $3.2 trillion or less in spending and we'll raise taxes by $100 billion for the year. For every dollar we go over $3 trillion in actual spending we cut the next year's budget by a dollar. For every dollar we go under $3.2 trillion we can increase the next year's budget."
We have to get back to zero based budgeting and one or two year budgets. These budgets based on wishful thinking with projections going out 10 years are pure smoke and mirrors.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
nevernaught, 11/8/2012 11:55:32 PM (No. 9001359)
Well Dirty Harry just said that he is going to change the Senate rules so he can get away with anything. So that is what the Dims call reaching over the aisle in cooperation.
Here is what I want to see happen. The House stands tall and refuses to give into blackmail. Let's get it over with early. The House challenges every illegal move the president makes. Take every unconstitutional action to the Supreme Court. This isn't a Democracy, it is a Republic.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 11/9/2012 1:01:40 AM (No. 9001406)
Why isn't the WaPo headline, "Dems insistence on higher taxes an obstacle to debt deal" ?
Why is the GOP always described In the negative? Just two years ago Dems said ending Bush tax rates would be harmful to economy. What changed in 24 months? Surely not the anemic economy. GOP has to insist on substance before agreeing. For ex, end ObamaCare so that Social Secuirty & Medicare survive.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
veritas, 11/9/2012 3:34:05 AM (No. 9001485)
To re-work a slogan -- "It's the stupid spending, stupid."
Outrageous spending increases that occurred in only the last 4 years are not an accepted new "baseline." Outrageous spending we somehow survived without making before Obama doesn't justify new taxes or higher rates.
Read my lips....
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/9/2012 3:38:24 AM (No. 9001490)
But just wait until you see what they do to our itemized deductions.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/9/2012 5:59:47 AM (No. 9001544)
Obama and Reid are going to hold the country hostage until they get higher taxes. If there's a government shutdown guess who will get blamed for it.
Look at what happened in France The new guy promised new taxes on the rich. he gan dlowback and threats to leave the country now he's going to raise taxes on everybody. You can't fix stupid in Europe orhere.
I'm sure Jerry Brown is happy the illegal crowd gave him a tax increase but it'll cause more business to flee the state,lowering revenues instead but you'll never convince a leftist otherwise.
Even a moron like Bloomberg realizes raising taxes on the rich is a bad idea because they can afford to move to another state or country in the worst case.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
pgvoisin, 11/9/2012 7:53:26 AM (No. 9001758)
GOOD!
Shut Washington down!
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