Posted on 10/25/2013 5:28:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Saying there will be no grand bargain in the House-Senate budget conference involving spending cuts to entitlement programs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claimed everyone is “willing to pay more” in taxes.
When asked by a Nevada Public Radio host what Republicans would have to concede to get Medicare and Social Security cuts on the table, Reid made it clear he is more interested in getting rid of the only cuts to actual spending seen thus far — sequestration, as reported by Roll Call.
“On sequestration, we’ve done one year of sequestration. It has been brutal,” Reid said.
“The only people who feel there shouldn’t be more coming in to the federal government from the rich people are the Republicans in the Congress,” Reid said. “Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.”
Never mind that the federal government is projected to collect more revenue in 2013 than ever before, as reported by The Hill.
“The rich are willing to pay more,” Reid added. “They’re not the ones out here saying, ‘please don’t tax me.’”
Reid then looked to moderate Republicans to assist Democrats in raising taxes, saying “we’re going to have to have mainstream Republicans step up again.”
Paging U.S. Sen. John McCain.
“They have their mind set on doing nothing, nothing more on revenue, and until they get off that kick, there’s not going to be a grand bargain on — there’s not going to be a small bargain,” Reid said. “We’re just going to have to do something to work our way through sequestration.”
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hey Reid. GFY (that’d be Go Eff Yourself)..
I want to pay LESS taxes.
Hey, YO! RATZ FACED REID,
NO, I DON’T WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES.
Hey fool, how bout why don’t you PAY my share for me?
You effin pig.
How about federal casino taxes on Nevada’s gaming industry?
He never asked me, isn’t that strange? No, I don’t want to pay more. I’d rather pay less. How’s that for an answer to this idiot?
What you mean “we,” Kemo Sabe?
How about the 50% who pay nothing. Are they willing to pay 10% even?
No person in their right mind wants to pay more taxes.
Call the people with nets.
Does anyone remember when we kicked out the republicans because they were spending too much money....................
Hey Harry the Turd: I’m poor. How about you giving me some of your Vegas casino skimming money? Have Guido drop it off at my office (I’ll tell the guards to let him in).
Sorry about Dorfman getting two in the back of the head. But hey, what happens in Vegas ends up in Chicago.
How about taxing those 47% citizens that don’t pay taxes?
THE same stupid GOP will never EVER use it in an ad.
It is true. That is why people like Warren Buffet pay top dollar for an army of tax attorneys.
What has this freak been smoking? They need to piss test Dingy Harry. He shouldn’t be up there on da Hill if he’s on drugs.
screw you, you senile retard. Retire or fall in a bottomless hole already.
NO, I AM NOT! WE ARE OVERTAXED JUST LIKE OUR COLONIST ANCESTORS.
I wonder how many barrels of ill-gotten cash Harry Reid has buried in the Nevada desert?
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