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Boehner says unwilling to talk about raising U.S. revenues
Reuters ^
| Fri Mar 1, 2013 11:25am EST
| Reuters
Posted on 03/01/2013 9:09:58 AM PST by xzins
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner ruled out tax increases as a way to address the nation's deficit after talks with President Barack Obama on budget cuts set to take effect later on Friday.
"The discussion about revenue, in my view is over. It's about taking on the spending problem," Boehner said
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alreuters; boehner; boehnerpresser; budget; economy; sequesterday; sequesterpresser; spending; taxes
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:10:09 AM PST
by
xzins
To: All
“The discussion about revenue...is over”
Let’s pray they stick to that
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:11:40 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
To: xzins
Stop using their language, John. Raising TAXES is out of the question. Raising REVENUES through tax cuts or improving the econmomy, getting people off welfare, etc. is just fine.
To: xzins
Hold that position Mr. Speaker.
Obama is on TV and the press corp is giving him nothing but softballs.
4
posted on
03/01/2013 9:15:55 AM PST
by
oldbrowser
(They are marxists, don't call them democrats)
To: xzins
Heard it before. Let’s pray it holds.
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:15:55 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: xzins
Bonehead will bend in ten, nine, eight.......
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:16:16 AM PST
by
Da Coyote
To: xzins
How about saying —
“We’re actually going to need additional cuts. We Republicans are leading the way, and we are taking the first steps by accepting necessary cuts in Defense. We are doing our part. We fully expect more cuts to be required in the future, and we expect Democrats to step up to that challenge, and take cuts in our massive entitlement programs.”
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:16:39 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: xzins
yes . hope boner doesn’t cave
If government doesn’t grow by the inflation rate then it IS a cut . so sequester is a great thing because this could be the first time ever government is cut.
8
posted on
03/01/2013 9:17:44 AM PST
by
Democrat_media
(media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
To: xzins
Let me help you lying a-holes at Rooters with your headline:
Boehner says unwilling to talk about raising U.S. revenues taxes.
9
posted on
03/01/2013 9:19:13 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: xzins
Thank you Boehner for showing some backbone.
Keep at it! Do not cave in, do not "compromise" on this just to "get something passed".
10
posted on
03/01/2013 9:19:51 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: xzins
halle-frickin-lujia
let’s hope it sticks
To: skeeter
Boehner says unwilling to talk about raising U.S. revenues taxes....for the second time in two months.
12
posted on
03/01/2013 9:21:51 AM PST
by
kevao
(.)
To: ClearCase_guy
you’re right CC_guy.
Never stop negotiating. They don’t.
To: xzins
The discussion about revenue...is over
That’s the kind of talk I want to hear!!!
14
posted on
03/01/2013 9:23:35 AM PST
by
Bitsy
To: xzins
Remember, "Raising U.S. Revenues" is a misnomer.
It means the U.S. Government gets more loot, which is taken from U.S. Citizens.
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:23:49 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Democrat_media
Absolutely! The sequester is NOT a cut. It never was and it never will be.
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:24:52 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
To: xzins
Boehner, the idiot, needs to stop talking about how HE won’t raise taxes and about how the President swore he’d be all in on spending cuts if he got the sequester bill he asked for. He got the bill, and the COUNTRY got no spending cuts this time around. He needs to portray obama as the LIAR he is.
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:24:52 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: xzins
The sequester could be a cut . Government needs to grow by the inflation rate to stay the same size . so if the inflation rate is 4% then a government growth in $ of 3% IS a cut. do you see that?
sequester is good. anything better than the 20% growth we’ve been having in gov is good
18
posted on
03/01/2013 9:27:39 AM PST
by
Democrat_media
(media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
To: xzins
Boehner talks like steel and governs like jelly.
To: xzins
Tax icreases may or may not actually increase revenue. Tax cuts often lead to incrased revenue due to the resulting increase in the economy.
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posted on
03/01/2013 9:28:58 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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