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Boehner Exclusive: Raising Tax Rates 'Unacceptable' but Will Put New Revenue on Table
ABC News, by John Parkinson
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/9/2012 7:25:25 AM
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| Raising tax rates is "unacceptable" to House Speaker John Boehner as he prepares to open negotiations on the looming "fiscal cliff" with the president and congressional Democrats, he told "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer today in an exclusive interview. "Raising tax rates is unacceptable," Boehner, R-Ohio, said in his first broadcast interview since the election Tuesday. "Frankly, it couldn't even pass the House. I'm not sure it could pass the Senate." That stance could set up a real showdown with the White House given that the president has said he would veto any deal that does not
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Johnny Angle, 11/9/2012 7:34:44 AM (No. 9001708)
New revenue is already on the table and is being served, idiot. Look at the provisions of Obamacare.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SourKraut, 11/9/2012 7:34:52 AM (No. 9001709)
Boehner, you ignorant twit:
It's VERY simple
You create, pass, and send to the Senate a budget that cuts all useless alphabet agencies, has NO funding to implement Obambi-care, then sit back and say 'take it or leave it'.
When the MSM starts screaming, calmly explain that revenue bills start in the House, and that your bill is on the table, end of discussion.
Yes, the MSM will scream and stamp their feet, and proclaim you 'obstructionist' but they already do that, don't they ?
If Boehner is unwilling to lead, find someone who will.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Maybeth, 11/9/2012 7:39:59 AM (No. 9001728)
Someone needs to give me a reason to believe anything this man has to say. ... I wonder who he is trying to impress.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 11/9/2012 7:42:51 AM (No. 9001735)
Hey, idiot. Let them own this economy. Block immigration reform and coast to a win in 2014 when melanin is not on the ballot.
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Blue-Z-Anna, 11/9/2012 8:03:51 AM (No. 9001784)
They are going to demonize you anyway.
Might as well give 'em hell on toast.
Where is Newt when we need him ???
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/9/2012 8:05:50 AM (No. 9001792)
Just wait till you see what they do to Schedule A.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MsMontana, 11/9/2012 8:40:12 AM (No. 9001897)
It's not enough that Ohio has to vote Obama, that have to add insult to injury and give us Bawling Boehner as well.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
lylacat, 11/9/2012 9:05:45 AM (No. 9001973)
Get rid of John Boehner.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
jt26, 11/9/2012 9:09:40 AM (No. 9001992)
you say potato, i say potatoe. If the White House and Senate Dems want full funding for the failed federal bureaucracies Energy, Education, HUD, TSA AND they want to raise taxes while ONLY cutting defense, they just vote PRESENT and let them have their way. Negotiating with the Dems is a losing proposition.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Salt5792, 11/9/2012 9:23:13 AM (No. 9002048)
Since federal tax revenue as % of GDP is only 16% versus 19% long term average since WWII, something probable should be done. First priority is to get spending down substantially from 25%. Then, some revenue increases might be in order.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
nonsense, 11/9/2012 9:33:34 AM (No. 9002090)
Yeah, just give them move money. It will just be sucked down the black hole and make no difference. Tell the truth Boehner.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 11/9/2012 9:44:53 AM (No. 9002134)
Vote him out Republicans, and put Paul Ryan as Speaker.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
arcady, 11/9/2012 10:15:08 AM (No. 9002243)
Salt, I read elsewhere tax revenues are down as a percent of GDP due to a: the economic weakness, and b: the temporary social security withholding reductions. The fiscal cliff that's coming up should restore what you're looking for.
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CEP, 11/9/2012 10:18:32 AM (No. 9002252)
We need someone other than Boehner that is not afraid of a little bad press, do what is right. These guys need to realize that no matter what they do they will always get bad press.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
joew9, 11/9/2012 10:19:15 AM (No. 9002255)
There will be more spending and more debt. The reason debt retards the economy is because the middle class understands the math and they know that the only way to pay off the debt is to tax the middle. The rich have professionals that protect them from the taxes. And even if we took all the money from the rich we couldn't even begin to pay off the debt. So the middle knows that more debt eventually means increased taxes for them so they do the wise thing. They cut back on their own spending in preparation for the increased taxes. And that cut back slows the economy.
For example: Because Obama got re-elected I know that there will be more spending and higher taxes for me. I know that Boehner will not stop the tax hikes because he always surrenders and he has just said "New Revenue" which is code speak for "I surrender". So I have cancelled my plans to buy a new car and will continue driving the 217k mile car I currently own. I have just thrown all the car brochures in the trash. How many other car sales have just been cancelled due to the results of this election?
I work in automotive supply. The reduced cars sales will probably mean I will be unemployed in about two years. My younger co-workers have begun plans to leave the country. They are not recent immigrants but rather the descendants of great great grandfathers who came here a long time ago. BTW, the recent immigrant co workers have already left and gone back home where they now find a higher standard of living.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 11/9/2012 11:15:25 AM (No. 9002507)
Shut up and retire already.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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The budget President Barack Obama will submit on April 10 will contain a proposal that would prohibit individuals from accumulating more than $3 million in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and tax-preferred retirement accounts. According to a White House statement, the Obama administration believes the current rules allow some wealthy individuals "to accumulate many millions of dollars in these accounts, substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving." "The budget would limit an individual’s total balance across tax-preferred accounts to an amount sufficient to finance an annuity of not more than $205,000 per
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