Posted on 04/18/2011 8:24:52 AM PDT by Qbert
A few weeks ago, I reported that the Senate Republicans’ point man on dealing with the deficit, Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), said he’d support tax increases as a means to reduce the deficit. Chambliss promptly denied it.
Yesterday, in the New York Times, Chambliss admitted he and the Senate Republicans will support tax increases to pay off the deficit.
Mr. Chambliss has been increasingly outspoken in arguing that additional revenues must be part of a debt-reduction plan, given the scale of the problem.
“I’m taking arrows from some on the far right,” he told the Rotary Club of Atlanta in an appearance with Mr. Warner on Monday. “Are some people going to pay more in taxes? You bet.”
Mitch McConnell put Chambliss in charge of the issue for the Republicans. He is their point man.
You can see now what is taking shape as we head toward the fight over the debt ceiling. Senate Republicans will agree not just to ending all deductions and credits in the tax code and lowering the tax rate while expanding the base — a step I support. The Senate Republicans will support higher taxes too.
Chambliss has already attacked Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” because, in Chambliss’s words, Ryan is able to balance the budget without cutting defense spending.
Senate Republicans are going to support raising the debt ceiling and raising taxes all while refusing to demand passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment. House Republican Leaders will no doubt decide that . . . well . . . Republicans only control one house of one branch of government so . . . .
Bend over America.
By the way, his “arrows from the far right” is code for me. Seriously. Following that we have this:
Perhaps more troublesome for Mr. Chambliss have been critics at home like Erick Erickson, a conservative blogger, Atlanta radio talk-show host and CNN contributor. “Is Saxby Chambliss Becoming a Democrat?” Mr. Erickson asked in a recent blog post.
Note that neither Chambliss, nor the Democrats, are taking serious fire from the left. It’s just conservatives who Chambliss is happy to take “arrows” from.
Bring this up over and over.
How does he keep his seat?
Chambliss barely got reelected last time (a sitting senator, and he ended up in a runoff), because of these kinds of shenannigans.
For about two years Chambliss toed the conservative line, now this.
He won’t be reelected again.
Eventually, you may need to increase taxes to deal with the deficit, Saxby. But you really, really, REALLY, need to CUT SPENDING BIG-TIME FIRST . . . YOU MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Effective - not good, but effective - party bosses down here: They make sure he keeps his mouth shut before the primaries.
Time for us to “bend over” again. This country will not survive til 2012!
Amazingly, many people don't understand that voting for someone who raises your taxes is like hiring somebody who you know will demote you. Why would anybody do such a thing?
The issue is GOVERNMENT needs to learn to stay within its means and balance its checkbook like everybody else. The American people should not stand for a minute the idea of bearing the burden for government idiocy like "stimulus" and "no child left behind" on and on...
CUT TAXES and CUT GOVERNMENT EVEN MORE.
Our other Senator, Johnny Isackson is even worse and he was also reelected last year.
First we need a conservative challenger for this scumbag.
We’ll just see about that...the primary source for this is the NY Slimes. We’ll see.
We’ll just see about that...the primary source for this is the NY Slimes. We’ll see.
Ending all tax credits? How about subsidies? I could live with elimination of all deductions, tax credits and subsidies coupled with lower nominal rates. We need more individual payers with skin in the game and we need government to quit manipulating markets with subsidies.
“Looks like cutting the debt rating will have an effect...Higher taxes...the GOP has to many rinos..all you need in the senate is seven to vote for higher taxes..Two from Georgia .. Two from Maine...and the other rinos no problem..”
Yep, unfortunately. Our only hope is for Boehner to toe the line in the House. (*Gulp*)
Chambliss needs to learn two big things:
1) YOU FIRST. Congress got us in this mess. If you think we need to cut spending and raise taxes then cut first. You need to show us that you are at least a trillion a year serious before asking us to shoulder more.
2) TAXES RATES AND REVENUE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. In fact, they are generally diametrical. if you want increased revenue, lower taxes. If you want to lower revenue, raise taxes. If what is stated in the article is your position why did you vote to extend the tax rates?
“So if we no longer have a mortgage interest deduction or a property tax deduction we will be “equal” with the Section 8 housing folks - we may as well be renters.”
Yep.
And that should also *really* help the housing market. (/heavy sarcasm)
Does Georgia have a recall?
The local GOP county leaders should sanction him. Embarrass him, and call for his resignation.
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