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Here is a copy of the letter and list of who signed it.

40 RINOs out to increase government 'revenues' (ie taxes)

1 posted on 11/04/2011 6:36:20 PM PDT by mnehring
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Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio) said if he had a nickel for every one of the Republicans who said they supported the letter’s goal but feared how [Americans for Tax Reform President Grover] Norquist would react, “I’d be rich and retired, and we’d have 200 signatures on the letter.”…

He thinks he can retire on 200 X .05? That's $10. No wonder we are bankrupt.

2 posted on 11/04/2011 6:42:11 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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'revenues' (ie taxes)

Not necessarily the same thing.

3 posted on 11/04/2011 6:42:21 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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Obviously the Tea Party has its work cut out for itself yet again, in 2012.
4 posted on 11/04/2011 6:42:37 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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No one ever said an election or two would clean all the multi-partied vermin out of DC..

We got a long way to go..

I wonder how many are RMSPers?

http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/members/


5 posted on 11/04/2011 6:43:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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A group of 40 House Republicans for the first time Wednesday encouraged Congress’s deficit reduction committee to explore new revenue

If only by "new revenue" they meant selling mining, drilling and timber rights on public land and off shore. Alas, we know they mean taxes.

6 posted on 11/04/2011 6:44:16 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country but Herman Cain loves mine.)
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Among the RINO's:

John Carter, R-TX
Ron Paul, R (?)-TX
Peter King, R-NY

7 posted on 11/04/2011 6:46:46 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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Get real. In this day and age, a compromise is the only way the two sides will be able to reach an agreement.


8 posted on 11/04/2011 6:47:27 PM PDT by Java4Jay
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9 posted on 11/04/2011 6:47:56 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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The American people were sold out with the creation of this new "Super Committee", which is un-Constitutional, on its face.

This was a done deal, agreed to by the Establishment Republicans and Democrats, and tax increases coupled with minimal spending reductions (reductions in FUTURE SPENDING) which will NOT undo any of the Democrats previous debt-increasing handouts whatsoever.

We need to cut at least 50% of the Federal employees, replace the RINO's and Democrats with Conservatives, and get back to allowing ONLY what the Constitution specifically and literally provides for (Limited Federal Government)....but then, the Liberal Courts will block it, if attempted.

The Nation needs a do-over, badly, right now.

12 posted on 11/04/2011 6:51:48 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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The “entitlements” cuts have already started. We retired military have already got notice of huge increases on everything we have to now pay back to the government out of our retired checks to fund items that were promised us before we began our service. Now some stupid congressman says that they have to honor the promises made to the “active” military because we promised them. Yet, it is okay to cut our throats after the fact when we are too damned old to do a damned thing about it.


16 posted on 11/04/2011 6:57:25 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (As the End Times draws near, remember the Bible WARNED of these times. Be ready!)
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This doesn’t surprise me about the 40 or the Speaker, leftists all.


19 posted on 11/04/2011 7:00:16 PM PDT by stockpirate (Why are homosexuals so hetrophobic?)
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Why get upset?

The polls show Repubs support CAIN who wants to add a NEW tax.

Cain supporters gave them the go ahead. So don’t complain.


25 posted on 11/04/2011 7:01:59 PM PDT by marty60
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Members to Super Committee: GO BIG (40 RINOS join 60 RATS

for the names...

26 posted on 11/04/2011 7:02:37 PM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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there is no need to increase the tax RATE in order to increase tax REVENUE

since the fedgov is in every transaction, the trick lies in two things:

1. the number of transactions
2. the trade deficit

you want to increase the number of transactions to make the economy more diverse, increasing the chance of attracting foreign dollars either through investment or direct sales of domestic products

the main goal being to flip the trade deficit and increase the money flowing INTO the US.

to kick this off... decreasing taxation will allow the private sector a chance to develop new products with the money they are no longer sending into the fedgov

of course, what I’m suggesting limits the amount of money, and thereby power, flowing into washington.

what do you think the odds of that happening are??


27 posted on 11/04/2011 7:02:52 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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I think it's time for the Super Duper committee!

It's called a “Constitutional Convention” in which the several states get together and cut the size of the federal government back to the 1800’s, install strict term limits for all elected officials and abolish every government employee and every bureaucracy not specifically authorized by the constitution.

I'm not being facicious here either. I don't think we can fix this out of control government by electing a few conservatives.

The Framers put in the option for the states to call a Constitutional Convention for this exact scenario that we now face. How smart they were. Now lets get started doing it!

Read about the process here.

http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article/5005

29 posted on 11/04/2011 7:03:32 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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No matter how much “new revenue” is garnered for the public trough, there will never be actual spending cuts.

Ronald Reagan found that to be true. George HW Bush fell into the same trap.


30 posted on 11/04/2011 7:03:49 PM PDT by Ole Okie (Go Herman!!)
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Stalemate, run out of money and another debt ceiling crisis. Increasing taxes won’t generate a dimes’s worth of deficit reduction. Raising taxes is just away for the Dims to punish their enemies: the productive class. The Dims also want to undermine the GOP with their base and there are apparently enough rino traitors willing to help them.


31 posted on 11/04/2011 7:05:21 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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I forgot to mention the obvious

which trying to increase revenues to lower our debt and improve the country fiscally...

CUT SPENDING BELOW LAST YEARS TAX REVENUE... IMMEDIATELY


32 posted on 11/04/2011 7:07:52 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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A few million illegals moved out of the country and we have plenty of damn money. They are sucking this country dry.
33 posted on 11/04/2011 7:12:16 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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No fee hikes, no deduction cuts—no tax hikes. Cut spending! Begin with cutting federal funding for local governments to zero.


37 posted on 11/04/2011 7:29:55 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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