Are you joking using this as an example?
You actually wanted Boner (Is that better?) to extend the FICA/SS tax cut or make it forever?
Dec 2010/Feb 2011 House Rs were forced to extend it an additional year by O demanding they do it on TV, now you argue now NOT doing the same was a Bohner cave?
So why did the Reps agree to it in the first place?
You are positing a false choice. There is no way that any tax cut can be made "forever," including the Bush tax cuts, which are now the Obama tax cuts. Supposedly, the rationale of implementing and extending both the Bush tax cuts and the payroll tax holiday was to not increase taxes during a period of economic weakness.
So do you favor extending the payroll tax holiday for another year or ending it?
Dec 2010/Feb 2011 House Rs were forced to extend it an additional year by O demanding they do it on TV, now you argue now NOT doing the same was a Bohner cave?
Most Reps were on-board with the payroll tax holiday, which was just another stimulus using SS as a vehicle. It costs over $130 billion a year. I was against it then and against it now. And yes, Boehner caved on both SS and extending unemployment benefits. The FC deal also extended unemployment benefits again.
The GOP would be well advised not to kick its base in the teeth and help the Dems pass their bills in House, which is on paper controlled by the Reps. It will be a disaster for the Reps in 2014.