Just as I proposed:
Liberal Onslaught Empowered By Republican Timidity
Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:28:16 PM · 10 of 17
Uncle Miltie to NKP_Vet
Put up a bill that repeals all the Bush Tax Cuts. Have all the Republicans vote against it.
Put up a bill that makes all the Bush Tax Cuts Permanent. Have all the Republicans vote fore it.
Put up a bill that repeals the Bush Tax Cuts on the top 50% of taxpayers. Have all the Republicans abstain.
Put up a bill that repeals the Bush Tax Cuts on the top 25% of taxpayers. Have all the Republican abstain.
Keep going until a bill passes that is the maximum tax increase the Democrats pass by a majority of DEMOCRATS.
Then, any and all Tax Increases are Democrats’ fault.
Yes that is good. Where is their bill to make all cuts permanent? I would have thought they would have already done that but if not shame on them.
BTTT this all over the place!!!
I love this plan.
The Bush tax cuts are set to expire automatically. No bill is needed to do this. Doing nothing can backfire against the Republicans badly.
Once these cuts expire, Americans will discover almost instantly that they missed them. And when their once $1000 Child Tax Credit (welfare check) turns in to a $500 Child Tax Deduction (no welfare check) among other losses, many Americans are going to be outraged. Then the House Democrats can ride to the rescue with a tax plan of their own, one that looks awfully like the Bush tax cuts only the top 2% are not affected. This would be very popular with a majority of Americans who favor tax increases on the wealthy. The Democrats saved the day.
How could House Republicans possibly vote against this? They'd get hammered in 2014. Yet they'd still look foolish for being forced to support something at a later date that they were so opposed to now.
There really is no way to win this one.