Kyl is an ignorant fool. NO NEW TAXES!!
Raising user fees is not a “tax increase” and, to the extent that the current user fee is below what a reasonable approximation of fair market value would be, it should be increased.
"Kyl's comments are part of a strategy by Republicans to appear open to reducing budget deficits through means other than just by slashing federal programs, without bending to Democratic demands to raise taxes....
Before we all jump on the GOP let's hear the proposal. Selling off federal land and putting it on the tax rolls and into productive use could be a good thing. If, OTOH, this is a typical GOP cave-in, then they've just put Hussein back in the WH for four more years.
Kyl is another product of that awful specimen called the Republican primary voter of AZ. He is retiring in January 2013 and wants to leave his mark.
You people do realize that without a deal the debt celing will be declared unconstitutional and we will have lost everyhing, it will be tied up in the court for years because lower courts won’t have the guts to tempt Obama with defaulting on the debt. Yes the treasury can choose what bills to pay and they can refuse interest on the debt in preference to food stamps.