New Republican Super Committee member: We can’t rule anything out, including tax hikes

Hotair ^ | 08/12/2011 | Allahpundit

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Wasn’t the Super-Committee’s sole purpose is to identify spending cuts?

... And to raise revenue ( you know what that is code for ).

[NYCslicker]

We can rule out you getting reelected if you support tax increases.

[SuziQ]

Republicans in Congress should reject ANYTHING that is not spending cuts, REAL cuts, first and foremost, and no new spending. After the spending cuts have been implemented, THEN the discussion could begin about tax increases, IF they're needed, but that shouldn't be until two or three years down the road.

With spending cuts, and removal of unnecessary regulations on businesses, the economy will grow like gangbusters, and there will be plenty of money coming in to the treasury, so meet all the legitimate needs of the federal government.

[Cheetahcat]

There is NO way we can go on with these jackazzes! No matter how many Conservatives are in there,They are led By a Weeping POS RINO.

[SUSSA]

It looks like Camp needs to be voted out in ‘12.

[ctdonath2]

would not rule out tax increases ... if they could boost economic growth

Every 1% increase in taxes invokes 3% decrease in GDP.

Tax revenue is never more than 20% of GDP. We're about 18% now.

Ergo, roughly, every tax-increase dollar of revenue sucks up to $15 out of the economy.

[Digger]

There is NO way we can go on with these jackazzes! No matter how many Conservatives are in there,They are led By a Weeping POS RINO.

All of CONgress is a joke.This really needs no coverage. They are all bought & paid for by the elites so ONLY when the people get totally fed up & start CW11 will anything change. However, the sheeple have NFL football & a six-pack. Life is still OK. As the frog in the pan this is what will happen - inflation with more jobs overseas because the PTB is the corporations.

[TADSLOS]

wow (I never saw this coming) /s/

[I am Richard Brandon]

Politicians are at their ‘best’ when dreaming up ways to NOT decrease their spending and bureaucratic expansion. The best example being Proposition 13 in California which was expressly crafted to ‘starve the beast’ and get the Dems in Sacramento under control. Did it? No! They invented ‘fees’ and ‘user charges’ and they borrowed and borrowed and borrowed. The one thing they did not do is control/limit/reduce spending and the other thing was to reduce or limit the size of government. Coming soon to a federal government near you! Be afraid, be very afraid.

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