John Boehner Says Tax Increases On Rich Are Off The Table...

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When is Obama going to say that Social Security cuts such as raising the retirement age are off the table?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/john-boehner-tax-hikes-_n_859810.html

[Diamonique]

1. Isn't Boner is supposed to be showing that the Rethugs...

... are serious about deficit reduction?

[Autumn]

2. I'm waiting to hear that

I'm tired of hearing our side saying all options are open.

[abelenkpe]

3. tax increases for the rich who have yet to sacrifice anything are off the table?

I don't think the speaker is paying attention to the wishes of the majority of voters there.

[Solomon]

5. Yep. Let's see him take to the town hall meetings now with this

statement. LOL

[indepat]

19. The speaker doesn't give a diddle-dy-fuck, a smidgen, about the wishes of the majority

for the coffers of large corporations and the uber-wealthy must be further larded at the public welfare trough. :patriot:

[Wounded Bear]

4. Let's see......"off the table" vs. "all options are open"...

I wonder who wins this one?

:shrug:

[no limit]

22. yup, it's set up so we lose

I like you signature by the way

[badtoworse]

6. Why not return to Clinton era tax rates? That way everyone would have something to whine about.

And everyone would have more skin in the game when it comes to controlling spending.

[w4rma]

9. This is the only issue that is really important to the Republicans in Congress.

They are fighting to protect the wealth of the super-wealthy.

[shanti]

12. the super wealthy

yes, the wealth of their friends and THEMSELVES! of course boner would fight this. most people fight legislation that is against their best interests, don't they? :eyes:

[patricia92243]

20. (Sarcasm) Sure they do- that accounts for the average person voting Republican. They always vote

for what is in their own best interest - not! (End of sarcasm)

How the Republican party persuades the non-rich to vote AGAINST their own best interest never fails to amaze me.

[shanti]

24. glad you saw

that i left out the :sarcasm: smiley ;-)

[Zorra]

7. Typical Boehner. nt

[sixmile]

8. Then we have nothing to talk about, John

Nothing at all. Perhaps a trip through your home state would change your mind. We'll wait.

[NewJeffCT]

I think we should make him defend this position every day

so people can see the Republicans for what they are.

[AlabamaLibrul]

10. You assume people don't say what they mean

maybe after enough times of "everything is on the table", you just have to accept some are unwilling to defend you.

[jp11]

11. Then he is very publicly not interested in dealing with the deficit.

[lpbk2713]

13. Are Boner's lips moving?

(No need to elaborate) :eyes:

[buddysmellgood]

14. That's a great campaign slogan for rapublicans. Run with it!

[Angry Dragon]

15. Threaten to bring back prohibition

and the weeping boner will fold

[socialist_n_TN]

16. Ah, Republican "compromise". Whether they're in the

majority or the minority, it's all the same. We'll "compromise", you can do it our way or no way.

[handmade34]

17. and...

"John Boehner's new line on the deficit negotiations is that raising taxes... "is off the table. But everything else is on the table." This is a bit like telling your doctor, who's worried that you've gained weight and are out-of-shape, that exercise is off the table, but everything else is on the table. Well, it's nice that you're prepared to diet, but you need to exercise, too. Otherwise, you're not going to get where you need to go.

And without revenue, we're not going to get where we need to go -- at least if you think where we need to go is towards a balanced budget.

***Over the past 10 years, the Bush tax cuts have increased the deficit by about $1.3 trillion. They're the single largest policy contributor to our recent deficits. Due to the growth of the economy and the creep of the alternative minimum tax, they'll cost the Treasury closer to $4 trillion over the next 10 years. They're the single largest policy contributor to our projected deficits***

Extending the Bush tax cuts over the next 10 years, which Boehner favors, will increase the deficit by twice as much as the $2 trillion in spending cuts he's calling for will reduce the deficit. Conversely, adding the revenue increases in the Simpson-Bowles plan to his spending cuts would bring the deficit reduction to more $3 trillion. But Boehner isn't using the debt-ceiling vote to reduce the debt. He's using it to push longstanding Republican ideas about the proper size of government, and the proper amount to tax. This has been clear for awhile, of course, Remember CutGo? But it's worth being straightforward about it. Boehner's plan doesn't get our finances back in shape. He wants us to spend less, but he also wants us to cut taxes by more. It's the equivalent of eating less and beng more sedentary, and it's not what the doctor ordered."

http://view.ed4.net/v/5O5UA2/O7JC9/ZGCYZ25/X0D4L9/MAILACTION=1&FORMAT=H?wpisrc=nl_wonk Ezra Klein's Wonkbook.

[AnneD]

18. Like hell they are....

if they are so important to your friends, cut the wars, cut TSA, but the poor and education have nothing else left.

[sasha031]

21. no surprise here

[Blue Owl]

23. Just like 81% of America wants

:sarcasm: