Posted on 09/12/2010 8:24:10 AM PDT by roses of sharon
(CBS) The leading Republican in the House, and a vocal proponent of allowing an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans, including the wealthiest 3% of earners, objected to charges by President Obama that Republicans are holding tax breaks for the bottom 97% of earners hostage unless the wealthiest also get an extension.
In a pre-taped interview to appear on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner said that, if approving a bill to extend breaks for middle class income Americans were "the only option," he would support it.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans would cost $700 billion over the next decade.
At a speech in Ohio earlier this week, Mr. Obama said, "With all the other budgetary pressures we have - with all the Republicans' talk about wanting to shrink the deficit - they would have us borrow $700 billion over the next 10 years to give a tax cut of about $100,000 each to folks who are already millionaires."
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We don’t have that money in the first place!
No audience, no ratings, no networks. Stop going on the networks and stop watching them.
The only one who “fell for it” is Boehner...by going on CBS.
Your post says it all! If only our elected officials felt the same way. Instead of saying ‘No’, they just look for more creative ways to drain “revenue” from taxpayers.
I have a friend who works at a state office. People come in for child support or custody services and get out of paying fees because they are “indigent”. They have cell phones, hair done up, glittering nails and the kids have new sneakers. No shame, either...they are ENTITLED to our money.
Recall here that Reagan said that it’s better to take the half loaf than go for the whole and lose it all.
Boner still needs though to demand tax breaks for the wealthy if they own a business, then kill the Dems if they resist saying they aren’t for jobs.
The other thing he needs to do is demand spending cuts to ‘pay’ for the tax breaks, just like the Dems do.
He’s just playing the game..
Obama lies..
Boehner lies..
It’s campaign season after all..
In this case,, some of the poor Obamaites heads must be about ready to explode.
Your assumption is that these RINO’s going on the shows are Conservative... :\
Looks like Boenher got that tan playing golf with Barry.
This is the biggest media lie there is...IT IS OUR MONEY!
Stick to your philosophic guns, and do not let them define this fight in class warfare terms. You will never hear the end of it as they use it for political purposes. Those tax cuts will help everyone.
Don’t even talk about this until after the election. Instead - attack attack attack.
What a moron! Get Obama to make concessions. Stop the foolhardy spending and bailouts that go nowhere. Stop taking vacations in Spain and talk about austerity.
That's the way I see it.
would anyone sign if I start a petition demanding Boehner step down and let Pence replace him?
I’d go with Mike Pence.
LOL, I said when Obamacare passed that Republicans would NOT repeal it.
I got creamed on FR...so I said...let’s see if Repubs campaign on REPEAL.
Boehner just proved me right.
“.....House Minority Leader John Boehner said that, if approving a bill to extend breaks for middle class income Americans were “the only option,” he would support it.”
“...the only option....”
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"If I
could put tan
in a bottle..."
makes me feel all ‘ hippy like ‘ , fight the establishment
if they are or ever have been in office, get them out
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