Posted on 12/10/2010 4:22:19 PM PST by Qbert
House Democrats have rejected the Senate’s negotiated tax compromise. In a rowdy meeting in which one Democratic Congressman said loudly “F— the President,” the House Democrats turned Nancy Reagan and just said no.
Barney Frank still thinks it would pass, most likely with House Republicans.
But the deal must now die. It must now be opposed by Republicans. Released now in print, the legislation is loaded up with budget busting pork of ridiculously absurd levels. The attachments to the compromise represent everything wrong with Washington. Many of them mirror the same porkulus spending in TARP.
The GOP must now say no. GO TO THE REDSTATE ACTION CENTER RIGHT NOW and call your Senator.
The legislation contains a huge amount of pork, some in the form of tax extenders that only the most coin-operated of conservatives can really defend. It even has ethanol subsidies. Put it to you this way — with the logic of those vocally calling for support of these earmarks, if the Democrats gave a tax credit for abortion, you’d have these same conservative groups defending them. No, that is not an exaggeration.
The tax compromise already busted the budget with the unemployment extension. Ultimately, all the Republicans were getting anyway was keeping current income tax rates.
They now need to walk away from the table. Call now.
NOTE: Senator Mitch McConnell’s office is now doing a full court press saying that the tax breaks for particular companies are not “earmarks.” Friends, an earmark is not necessarily spending money, but is a line item put into legislation or a committee report without full congressional review typically from one member of Congress on behalf of a lobbyist or donor to benefit the lobbyist’s client or the donor. How the hell is a line item related to Starkist Tuna in American Samoa carved out just for them not an earmark for one of the major employers in Nancy Pelosi’s congressional district?
Agreed. We do NOT need a crappy “compromise” right now. We can do a good bill in January, when WE have the House and the Senate is closer.
Say NO you fool Republicans. We can’t handle any more payments into your private slush funds.
Vote No.
No compromise. No big spending. No deals!!
Come back in January with a 10 year extension of all the tax cuts and extend unemployment for 6 months. The Perfect Bill.
Then, kill Obamacare!!!
This bill is garbage. The Repubs should hold off until Jan. and then pass a real, conservative, fiscally responsible bill.
And get rid of that Ethanol subsidy.
There is now more pork in this puppy than an Iowa hog farm.
We didn’t have an election in November just so we could turn America into a third world cesspool in twenty years rather than in ten.
This compromise bill will not stimulate anything. At best (extending the tax cuts), it will only keep things from getting worse; at worst (estate tax hike, additional spending, pork), it hurts the economy and further devalues the dollar- And it will not be able to overcome the escalating negative effects of Obamacare taxes, excessive regulations, etc...
...When the compromise bill, if passed, turns out to be a failure two years from now- which it inevitably will- Obama will be able to demagogue away at how “the Republican solutions” didn’t work, and he will hamper any additional Conservative options to turn things around.
Just say no.
Poison pills?
Unfortunately, true
PORKULOUS 2
These people are shameless, shameless
“How the hell is a line item related to Starkist Tuna in American Samoa carved out just for them not an earmark for one of the major employers in Nancy Pelosi’s congressional district?”
Starkist- Isn’t that one of Pelosi’s husband’s businesses?
and WTH do rum producers get their beaks in the water every time there’s a big porker bill? Any word on the arrow makers getting another earmark?
“Starkist- Isn’t that one of Pelosi’s husband’s businesses?”
—I remembered hearing something about that- I think you’re right.
“Any word on the arrow makers getting another earmark?”
—Ah, good old “Section 503- Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children”...I’m guessing they’ll try to sneak it in there if it’s not already there.
I swear, any Repub that votes for this...
We’ve already seen that this doesn’t work.
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