Because you once again use sich a waste-of-time cliche money analogy which is shallow and meaningless.
He's NOT saying that he will compromise.
OK--so he's saying he doesn't want a tax hike on the rich but he'll go with it. That's not a compromise.
Come back when you understand English.
He is in the minority. He's saying that he will take the partial tax cut and he will fight for the rest of it when he as the majority. He's giving up nothing, he's getting part of what he wants and he going to try to get the rest of it.
I can't take another rerun of the "Let's say you have X dollars" thing so I'll cut this short--Boehner is trying to GAIN a majority. How does one do that in a year of unprecedented opposition to those in power--by saying he'll compromise (which he said he would, whether you understand that or not) OR by telling the country "I'm completely opposed to what this president wants, this is what I want--the Bush tax cuts staying put."
Leadership.
Refusing to let the anchor or the Dems control the discussion.
Showing the tax cuts being kept in place is so crucial to the economy that he doesn't say "Hey, I'll take em all, or some of em, whatever I can get.
You don't get it. Fine. No wonder you're defending him--he doesn't get it either.
Have a good night.
No. It is shallow and meaningless to you because you don't get it.
OK--so he's saying he doesn't want a tax hike on the rich but he'll go with it. That's not a compromise.
Your description of what Boehner said using the paraphrase, "he'll go with it", is empty of meaning, and it suggests your lack of understanding of what he said and what the situation is.
More specifically, Boehner is NOT advocating for, nor is he voting on, a tax hike for the rich.
By default the Bush tax cuts are expiring. The default position will be higher taxes for all. It's from that higher-taxes, default position, that Boehner must decide what he is going to do. It is from that position, Boehner is advocating for across the board tax cuts. It is from that position, Boehner is saying that he will vote for whatever tax cuts he can get, and then he will try to get some more.
He is making no compromise.
You don't get it. Fine. No wonder you're defending him--he doesn't get it either.
No (lol), you don't get it, and it's simple logic and not Boehner that I defend.
Have a good night.
Gee thanks. Good night to you.