If they cave on this, it is end game for the GOP and any upper mobility in this country.
Right now, the 1%, small businesses (the rich) pay 60% of all taxes. If they raise taxes only on this group, it’ll be closer to 70%.
It’ll be in the best interest of the GOP to let all tax brackets go up.
Can you imagine any future politician trying to make the argument to give a tax break only to the rich?
Right now, the 1%, small businesses (the rich) pay 60% of all taxes. If they raise taxes only on this group, it’ll be closer to 70%.
It’ll be in the best interest of the GOP to let all tax brackets go up.
So they need to agree to something that leaves out middle class tax increases the dims can demagogue later. “The economy is bad now because of the evil GOP insisted on tax increases for the middle class”.
The main thing is any deal has to clearly be the OBAMA/DIM PLAN. This is all about 2014 now and clearing the dims out of the Senate. To do that we must go on offense and get a plan that does that. Boehner slobbering on Barry & Harry won’t get it done.
No negotiated deal until there is a scorable plan in writing from the WH!