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Boehner: New taxes OK under right conditions (Headline is a Lie)
MarketWatch ^ | 11/7/12 | Robert Schroeder

Posted on 11/07/2012 1:04:44 PM PST by illiac

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- New revenues "under the right conditions" are acceptable to Republicans as part of a deal to reduce the deficit, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday. But Boehner, speaking a day after his party retained its House majority in elections, said revenue should come through growth and reform, not higher tax rates. Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire and automatic spending cuts will kick in next year if Congress doesn't act in the lame-duck session

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; elections; taxes
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Sold down the river.....
1 posted on 11/07/2012 1:04:54 PM PST by illiac
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To: illiac

We need a wartime Speaker!


2 posted on 11/07/2012 1:06:02 PM PST by AU72
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To: illiac

No problem. I was told that ‘we’ were going to hold feet to fire.

So this is a non issue. The holding will begin anytime now...


3 posted on 11/07/2012 1:06:37 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: illiac
Boehner folds in LESS than 12 hours.

A new record!

4 posted on 11/07/2012 1:06:45 PM PST by skeeter
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To: illiac

And this is why America is screwed.


5 posted on 11/07/2012 1:06:55 PM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: illiac
Wow, Boehner pissed in his pants pretty quick..

Hasn't even been 24 hours since the close of the election..and he's already bending over..what a good negotiator..

6 posted on 11/07/2012 1:07:14 PM PST by Fedupwithit ("Live Free or Die: Death is not the worst of evils" - Gen. John Stark)
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To: illiac

Translation: “Balancing the budget should come through growth and reform, but since we all know that ain’t gonna happen, we’ll vote for any new taxes you like, as long as you give us at least a little pork.”


7 posted on 11/07/2012 1:07:35 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: illiac

And it begins.....


8 posted on 11/07/2012 1:07:57 PM PST by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
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To: AU72

Obama received 9 million less votes yesterday than he did in 2008. Somehow, Romney received less votes than McCain in 2008, but Boehner still thinks the narrow Obama victory means it is time to compromise away everything that is left.

Call the House Members, tell them to stand up; there is to be no compromise.


9 posted on 11/07/2012 1:08:15 PM PST by Windy City Conservative (Kyle Smith)
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To: illiac
Headline is either blatantly misleading or just wrong.

Boehner didn't mention "new taxes". He mentioned "revenue".

He most likely is referring to closing loopholes for revenue which is what Romney was also proposing and what conservatives have wanted for years (to simplify the tax code).

10 posted on 11/07/2012 1:08:36 PM PST by what's up
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To: Fedupwithit

He might have looked at the DJI today and noticed the markets aren’t taking gridlock on the edge of the cliff very well.


11 posted on 11/07/2012 1:08:36 PM PST by gotribe (He's a mack-daddy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV415yit7Zg)
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To: illiac

The headline is incorrect, it clearly states in the article that tax rates are not going up.


12 posted on 11/07/2012 1:08:54 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: skeeter
Boehner folds in LESS than 12 hours.

Is he French?

13 posted on 11/07/2012 1:09:27 PM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: illiac
What an absolute, tear dripping puXXy.
14 posted on 11/07/2012 1:09:43 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: illiac

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3


15 posted on 11/07/2012 1:09:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: illiac; Jim Robinson; All
That didn't take long at all, did it.

Jim, you were completely right. The GOP has parted from our values. What is our next step?

16 posted on 11/07/2012 1:09:49 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 10/07/12)
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How can we get rid of this guy? What a disaster. Was he tearing up while saying it? GOP gets a moderate squish as their speaker while the Dems get rabid leftist Nancy.


17 posted on 11/07/2012 1:09:56 PM PST by wiseprince
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To: illiac

dropp’in his pants and grabb’in his ankles already


18 posted on 11/07/2012 1:10:13 PM PST by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: illiac

It’s politicians like we have today that make me wish caning was still in vogue.

For constituents.


19 posted on 11/07/2012 1:10:13 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: AU72

MELT THE SWITCHBOARDS, MELT THE SWITCHBOARDS, FIRE BOEHNER NOW!!!


20 posted on 11/07/2012 1:10:13 PM PST by Windy City Conservative (Kyle Smith)
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