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Emmett Tyrell: Boehner Blew It
Townhall.com ^ | September 15, 2010 | R. Emmett Tyrell

Posted on 09/16/2010 7:04:24 AM PDT by 84rules

Did my ears deceive me? Did I hear House Minority Leader John Boehner say on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, "If the only option I have is to vote for those at 250 and below, of course I'm going to do that"? He was referring to voting for extending the Bush tax cuts to those making less than $250,000 a year. And he was referring to the issue when there is a building momentum to keep the tax cuts for everyone in an era of fragile economic growth and 9.6 percent unemployment. Even some Democrats are willing to keep the tax cuts, but Boehner just made it difficult for them.

There is a growing awareness that we are not getting out of this slowdown anytime soon. Independents and the tea party movement are siding with conservatives in favor of extending the tax cuts. There is a sense that economic growth is part of the answer to our economic problems. And there is a realization spreading across the country that official Washington is clueless.

President Barack Obama -- in his first 19 months in office -- increased the national debt by more than all presidential administrations from George Washington to Ronald Reagan combined. Obama's extravagance follows the huge amount of red ink splashed around by the Republicans when they were in office. It led to the Republicans relinquishing the presidency in 2008. Now Boehner just indicated that if his party gets back in power, the spending might very well continue. The very rich will have paid more in taxes, and -- that not being enough to pay for Washington's extravagance -- there will be a value-added tax for all of us. Yes, there will be a VAT. There just is not that much to be taken from the rich.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 250000; boehner; cuts; ret; taxes
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To: 84rules
Obama's extravagance follows the huge amount of red ink splashed around by the Republicans when they were in office.

The guy's a little off about the "Republican" red ink. Look the trend of the deficits from 2003 through 2007:

21 posted on 09/16/2010 7:46:03 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: 84rules

I think that Mr. Boehner is mostly on the right track. But at this point, he should have never spoken this sentence:

“If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I’ll vote for them.”

It vitiates the rest of his message, which is that no personal income tax rate should be allowed to increase on January 1, 2011.

If the Democrats were united, monolithic, holding firm, and thus actually creating political heat on the Republicans for “blocking middle class tax cuts,” the one sentence might be justified as showing that the Republicans AREN’T standing in the way of keeping tax rates from climbing for the middle class.

But heck, over 30 House Democrats are on board for keeping ALL the rates at their current levels for the next two years. Thus, the tactic should be to drive that wedge in deeper. Answer back to the whore Schieffer, “Well, Bob, I’m on the side of the only bi-partisan game in town, one signed on to by several dozen Democrat House members already - no tax increases for ANYONE. Are you against bi-partisanship?”

With that kind of growing Dem rebellion against increasing taxes on better-off folks, why negotiate with yourself?


22 posted on 09/16/2010 7:48:56 AM PDT by sitetest ( If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: MustKnowHistory

My guess is they will give up on Boehner pretty quickly and move on to Jim DeMint or the Tea Party movement itself. Note the left always refers to the Tea Party as if it were a national political organization. They would never admit that is a massive, bottom to top, grass roots movement that has captured the imagination and enthusiasm of millions of everyday people.


23 posted on 09/16/2010 7:52:14 AM PDT by csmusaret (The Obama/Pelosi/Reid Cartel has saddled each of my grandchildren with a $44,000 debt.)
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To: csmusaret

Yes, I think you are right.

When the left talks about the Tea Party, it is clear they think we(I am a tea partier) have a national structure. The grass roots movement concept is clearly beyond their grasp.


24 posted on 09/16/2010 7:58:38 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: No Truce With Kings

And by voting “yes” on this bill, you give the Dems a green light to say that even the Republicans favor tax increases. Boehner should have stuck to Conservative principles here.


25 posted on 09/16/2010 8:05:27 AM PDT by 84rules ( Ooh-Rah! Semper Fi!)
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To: MustKnowHistory

But this move gives the Dems a chance to tell the world that even the Republicans support taxing the “evil rich.” Boehner should have stuck to Conservative principles. This is going to backfire on the GOP.


26 posted on 09/16/2010 8:07:50 AM PDT by 84rules ( Ooh-Rah! Semper Fi!)
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To: aruanan

That graph shows that there were deficits while the government was under GOP control. Many of us were very angry about it at the time.


27 posted on 09/16/2010 8:09:16 AM PDT by 84rules ( Ooh-Rah! Semper Fi!)
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To: aruanan

You should reference the origin of your graph...excellent illustration, but where did it come from?


28 posted on 09/16/2010 8:21:40 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse ("It is terrible to contemplete how few politicians are hanged." - G.K. Chesterton, 1921)
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To: 84rules

RINO-itis is an infectious disease. I wouldn’t write Boehner off...yet.


29 posted on 09/16/2010 8:32:10 AM PDT by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: 84rules

Alas! it is too late to dump him. Tar and feathers is all that is left. And this guy is apt to be the next Speaker. I hope all these freshman Republican senators will refuse to vote for him for Speaker.


30 posted on 09/16/2010 8:37:47 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: Ouderkirk

Send these guys to a beach in the Bahamas and don’t let them come back.


31 posted on 09/16/2010 8:39:29 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: 84rules
CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday

Does any one watch this show?

32 posted on 09/16/2010 8:43:09 AM PDT by bmwcyle (It is Satan's fault)
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To: SoothingDave

Leftists of all stripe are wedded to static economics.
1.)People will not change their habits no matter how much or little you tax them(the people who believe this also push “targeted” tax measures in order to change behaviour)and
2.) wealth cannot be increased. A static amount of wealth can only be “distributed.” That leads to perpetual induced “low” inflation because they believe this is the only form of growth possible and is actually stealing resources from others less fortunate which gives them a guilt complex which they insist must be pasted on to the producers in society and which requires “redistribution.”


33 posted on 09/16/2010 8:52:04 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: MustKnowHistory

The Laffer Curve was actually discovered and unleashed on the world by Captain Obvious.


34 posted on 09/16/2010 8:54:11 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: 84rules

“If the only option I have is to vote for those at 250 and below, of course I’m going to do that”?
Now if he said no I wouldn’t vote for it how many independent votes would go to the democrat side??.


35 posted on 09/16/2010 9:34:17 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: 84rules; Cuttnhorse
Here is the source of the Iraq War as portion of budget deficit chart: Iraq: The War That Broke Us -- Not

That graph shows that there were deficits while the government was under GOP control. Many of us were very angry about it at the time

Perspective is in order. Look at the trend over 2003 to 2007. Was it increasing or decreasing? The decrease was similar to that following the 1994 takeover by Republicans that led to the four years of surpluses during Clinton. When was it that the Republicans were having Democrats be co-chairs of committees because of the closeness of elections? That was one of their big mistakes. The difference here is that the trend toward a balanced budget and surplus was interrupted by the takeover of Congress by Democrats and the exacerbation of spending by the election of Obama.


- Congressional Budget Office
36 posted on 09/16/2010 10:48:22 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: ExTexasRedhead

He pulled a terrible Boehner. Hopefully he will repent of this..


37 posted on 09/21/2010 10:17:11 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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