They will stick their daggers deep within our chests.
LLS
(I know a couple of you are different, but) For the most part, you are all reacting like an emotional mob to the NYT’s spin, not doing your homework as you should as FReepers. In what universe do you live if you believe that the NYT is the least bit reliable???
If you want to know the truth - to see what Cornyn actually said - and how the NYT falsely spun it - Fox has the video up http://video.foxnews.com/#/v/1036571582001/sen-cornyn-on-debt-talks/?playlist_id=87485
The meat is around 7 minutes in.
You can not compromise with Obama.... you submit.
With “Republicans” like John Cornyn, Texans need not criticize Republicans in other states who also cave to the Democrats.
Now is not the time for any tax “reform” or adjustments. If it is revenue neutral then what relevance does it have in reducing debt? Dems will play games and say its neutral when it isn’t. You can’t give them an inch or they take a mile.
As an objectivist, I see no problem with this if it the benefits outweigh the costs.
I agree Cornyn, eliminate the loopholes in exchange for reduction in overall rate to insure revenue neutral and a less complicated and corrupt Tax code is a good and needed thing.
I am so ashamed of my 2 Texas senators for thy have both turned out to be RINO’s of the worst sort.
Cornyn has backstabbed the GOP since working
for Romney. The two of them constitute the
BACKSTABBER WING OF THE GOP.
Predictably and on cue, Republicans start to give ground. When all this is said and done, the “deal” will be tax hikes for those earning $150K +, in exchange for a promise from the dems to consider the possibility of future budget-cutting “targets.”
Demand a full repeal of Obamacare in exchange for a $500B hike in the debt ceiling.
That`d be my base position. Nothing less than full repeal.
When you compromise with a viper, you agree to be poisoned by only one fang. — Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Republicans should understand that ANY vote to enhance revenue (RINO’s and Liberals euphemism aka buzz words for raising taxes) will result in me voting for the “other guy”. I as a tuned-in and informed voter will not support anyone who does not fight for and vote to greatly reduce spending long before any tax increase is voted on. There is just way too much waste in our government spending to tolerate any more tax increases at any level of government.
Thanks, Arizona. You had the chance to rid the country of this character and you failed. Truly annoying.
If they eliminate entitlements, there will be plenty of revenue.
Screw those whom refer to Taxation as Revenue!
Revenue at the point of a gun is extortion.
The Republicans Bend over and take it where you know where again. This is beyond Pathetic
Alternative headline: Two Republicans are suckered by the Democrats’ strategy.
Let’s quickly review history: the Dems jacked up spending to insane levels over the past two years and even in the last two years of the Bush Administration. So now we are supposed to accept that as the baseline and meet the Dems half way. Its a game they’ve been playing for years and always puts the GOP on the defensive. Republicans who buy into it are either stupid or comforable with the ever-expanding Welfare State.