Posted on 10/24/2013 3:00:33 PM PDT by mdittmar
Senate majority leader Harry Reid says that "Everybody" is "willing to pay more" taxes. He said so in an interview with a Nevada Public Radio host.
“The only people who feel there shouldn’t be more coming in to the federal government from the rich people are the Republicans in the Congress,” Reid told the radio host, according to Roll Call. “Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.”
Reid rebuked the Nevada Public Radio host when he was asked what Republicans would have to concede to get Medicare and Social Security cuts on the table.
“You keep talking about Medicare and Social Security. Get something else in your brain. Stop talking about that. That is not going to happen this time. There is not going to be a grand bargain,” Reid said. “What we need to do is have Murray and her counterpart in the House, Ryan, work together to come up with something to get out of this senseless sequestration and start the budgeting process so that we can do normal appropriation bills.”
Reid said Republicans would have to agree to more tax revenue to get anywhere near a bigger deal.
“They have their mind set on doing nothing, nothing more on revenue, and until they get off that kick, there’s not going to be a grand bargain on — there’s not going to be a small bargain,” Reid said. “We’re just going to have to do something to work our way through sequestration.”
It’s time to flood Reid’s office with phone calls, emails, faxes, tweets, facebook posts, and anything else that lets him know that he’s a blooming idiot for making such an assertion.
What he means is everybody who votes for him is willing to make other people pay more taxes.
When will Charlie Rangel pay just what he already owes?
“...would have to agree to more tax revenue...”
If it is more revenue they want, reduce taxes. Starting with the Obamacare “tax”.
And he and his wife are DEMOCRATS (at least WERE Democrats - but it's getting harder and harder to stay Democrats). And believe me, I forward all this crap to them to make sure they know how Democrats in Congress feel about them.
I recall that there wer a few members of our current president’s cabinet who weren’t willing to pay more taxes, and didn’t.
My travel dollars do not go to Las Vegas.
Obama told me not to go there.
Until the unions to told him to shut up.
I am still not going to Nevada.
“Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that guy behind the tree.”
Uh, no ..... especially when new Obamacare premiums, deductibles, etc. could be 1/4 or more of your income. Where is the money going to come from .... can’t afford mandated Obamacare and potentially won’t have enough left to live on? After Obamacare, people should be squealing like stuck pigs at the mere mention of more ‘taxes’.
I totally agree.
Everyone who voted for Harry Reid is willing to double their tax liability. That will take it from $1 to $2.
Democrats do not compromise. It’s not like they need to. The GOPe has already signalled they will surrender on every issue.
everybody except Charlie Rangel, Obama’s cabinet, General Electric, Google, Warren Buffett (despite what he says), Microsoft, etc., etc.
My GOD, he is so full of shit.
OK Harry, let’s start out with getting rid of the earned income tax credit. After that we can start taxing welfare benefits.
I know a way.
A weekly lottery. Pay ten thousand buckks for a shot at the plate with a wichester with iron sights at 500 yards.
Only the plate being Reid’s head.
It’ll be both a poll and a funder.
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