Just when I think there is a sliver of light that the Republican Party gets the message from the last election, along comes Speaker Boehner and the obstructionist House Republicans. Their latest proposal is to permanently extend the tax cuts for the wealthy. Looks like the Koch Brothers, Adelson, TX Swift Boat Bob Perry, the Chamber of Commerce, and other big donors made their calls and the House GOP leadership asked 'How high do you want us to jump?'
These same bunch of arrogant Republicans have the nerve to say that President Obama didn't make a serious offer? Any offer of his would be more serious then what these bullheaded Republicans are making. The American people have spoken they want to raise taxes on the wealthy but these Republicans obviously prefer to believe the fringe that they can roll Obama like they did with the last fiscal cliff. News to the GOP: Obama learned his lesson unlike you and is up to the fight as he has the vast majority of the American people behind him.
What is it? Rand Paul says no to tax hikes for the wealthy along with Norquist and the House Republicans say no tax hikes for the wealthy in their offer. They are either too dumb to understand the vote on November 6th or they are bought and paid for by the Chamber and major donors who are telling them what to say. My money is on the latter. Koch Brothers must be having a field day with taking over the GOP controlling the puppets in Congress who seem to have forgotten they are elected by the people to work for us. Instead they are giving the American people the shaft once again in favor of their wealthy donors.
Anyone who thinks this group of Republicans in the House would honor their pledge for real tax reform closing loopholes just be smoking something. Only thing they want to do away with is deductions for the middle class along with going after Social Security and Medicare which are not even part of the budget to pay for their not raising taxes on the wealthy. No one should trust this group of GOP as they have proven they cannot govern because governing takes compromise.
Cannot write what I would really like to say after reading this article from The Huffington Post that confirmed a CNN report.
Time to vote out the GOP obstructionists in the Congress in 2014 so some work can get done for the American people -- all of us not just the wealthy. Every day I think the Republican Party in Congress cannot go lower and yet they do -- day after day they sink more.
There are some of us who joined Republicans for Obama in 2012. Now maybe someone will start a website for Republicans for a House Democrat majority in 2014. Never in my life did I think I would say that but as a voter I am one of those people who believe you get elected by your Party but once you take your oath, you represent all your constituents not just your Party. Somewhere that is lost on most of today's Congressional Republicans who are nothing more than puppets to their wealthy donors.
These same bunch of arrogant Republicans have the nerve to say that President Obama didn't make a serious offer? Any offer of his would be more serious then what these bullheaded Republicans are making. The American people have spoken they want to raise taxes on the wealthy but these Republicans obviously prefer to believe the fringe that they can roll Obama like they did with the last fiscal cliff. News to the GOP: Obama learned his lesson unlike you and is up to the fight as he has the vast majority of the American people behind him.
What is it? Rand Paul says no to tax hikes for the wealthy along with Norquist and the House Republicans say no tax hikes for the wealthy in their offer. They are either too dumb to understand the vote on November 6th or they are bought and paid for by the Chamber and major donors who are telling them what to say. My money is on the latter. Koch Brothers must be having a field day with taking over the GOP controlling the puppets in Congress who seem to have forgotten they are elected by the people to work for us. Instead they are giving the American people the shaft once again in favor of their wealthy donors.
Anyone who thinks this group of Republicans in the House would honor their pledge for real tax reform closing loopholes just be smoking something. Only thing they want to do away with is deductions for the middle class along with going after Social Security and Medicare which are not even part of the budget to pay for their not raising taxes on the wealthy. No one should trust this group of GOP as they have proven they cannot govern because governing takes compromise.
Cannot write what I would really like to say after reading this article from The Huffington Post that confirmed a CNN report.
GOP Fiscal Cliff Proposal Extends Tax Cuts For The Rich Permanently
Posted: 12/12/2012 1:08 pm EST | Updated: 12/12/2012 1:12 pm ESTRyan Grim
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans proposed permanently extending all of the Bush-era income tax rates for the wealthy in their "fiscal cliff" offer made to the White House on Tuesday, according to a CNN report and confirmed by The Huffington Post.
House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican negotiating partners have said they don't believe the White House has made them a serious offer and that President Barack Obama has refused to budge on spending cuts. Tuesday's suggestion that all the Bush tax cuts be extended permanently was a sharp signal to the White House that Republicans don't feel the president is being reasonable.
In the fiscal cliff negotiations, Obama has been intent on raising tax rates for income above $250,000 and seems to feel he has the leverage to do so. Permanently extending the current rates is thus a nonstarter with the White House.
Boehner, for his part, has agreed to as much as $800 billion in additional revenue, but only with commensurate spending cuts.
Sources from both parties closely involved in the talks say that the gulf between the two positions has barely narrowed over the past month.
House Republicans say that the permanent extension of the tax rates will be made moot by their push to do comprehensive tax reform. "Our goal, as Boehner has made clear repeatedly and publicly, is a framework for comprehensive tax reform (which would make that claim moot)," said an aide to the speaker.
The Boehner aide also said that tax reform would raise revenue. Source: Huffington Post
Time to vote out the GOP obstructionists in the Congress in 2014 so some work can get done for the American people -- all of us not just the wealthy. Every day I think the Republican Party in Congress cannot go lower and yet they do -- day after day they sink more.
There are some of us who joined Republicans for Obama in 2012. Now maybe someone will start a website for Republicans for a House Democrat majority in 2014. Never in my life did I think I would say that but as a voter I am one of those people who believe you get elected by your Party but once you take your oath, you represent all your constituents not just your Party. Somewhere that is lost on most of today's Congressional Republicans who are nothing more than puppets to their wealthy donors.
There is a movie title that works with this: Clueless.
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