Boehner signals willingness to vote for ending tax cuts for wealthy (interview, salaries)

[Booya]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

The thing is, at once point in time the filibuster was hardly ever used. Now its a threat all the time.

And well they should use it to stop this crazed man.

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by Jill61

I hope you don't really believe him. He's a liar. He's pandering to the middle class for the sake of boosting his party's chances in November, so they don't look like they're willing to allow the tax breaks to expire for everyone for the sake of holding out so the super-rich can keep theirs. He'll have his party drag things out until the last possible minute, demand amendments that water the bill down to be almost utterly useless, then vote NO anyway. You'd be a fool to fall for this line. There is no way in hell he would ever actually support one of President Obama's policies. Ever. Lest the Tea Partiers use it against him and/or his party in campaign ads. He'll never ever ever give them that kind of ammunition.

Because democrats are doing such a bang up job for the middle class

[Jill61]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Because democrats are doing such a bang up job for the middle class

Yes. And we're trying to do more, unlike Republicans who only care about the top 1% of Americans.

[MainelyJersey]

Originally Posted by Jill61

Yes. And we're trying to do more, unlike Republicans who only care about the top 1% of Americans.

Hot Air » Congressional committee reports ObamaCare is a $3.9B tax hike on middle class

And that trying includes a 3.9 billion-dollar tax on the middle class, directly due to Obamacare.

If that's the type of 'trying to do more' we can look forward to, I'll pass.

[AuDiBelle]

Well up until Scott Brown, the dems had the super-majority needed for cloture, thus rendering the filibuster useless. Even since, the dems have invoked the nuclear option. Stop blaming republicans for the democratic failures in congress.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by whatyousay

Well up until Scott Brown, the dems had the super-majority needed for cloture, thus rendering the filibuster useless. Even since, the dems have invoked the nuclear option. Stop blaming republicans for the democratic failures in congress.

Who do you blame for Republicans not voting for a tax rebate for small business innovation?

[evilnewbie]

I always thought the tax code was and still is weird... for me, a married couple should be at LEAST in the same tax bracket as twice the single person income's (since there are two people) but that isn't the way it works, it penalizes when both spouses are successful which seems odd to me... if Obama is okay with a single person making $200k then he "should" be okay with a married couple making $400k and be in the same tax bracket but that isn't the way it is...

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by evilnewbie

I always thought the tax code was and still is weird... for me, a married couple should be at LEAST in the same tax bracket as twice the single person income's (since there are two people) but that isn't the way it works, it penalizes when both spouses are successful which seems odd to me... if Obama is okay with a single person making $200k then he "should" be okay with a married couple making $400k and be in the same tax bracket but that isn't the way it is...

I think everyone should be taxed exactly the same. No marriage benefits, just taxed exactly the same.

[Booya]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

I think everyone should be taxed exactly the same. No marriage benefits, just taxed exactly the same.

I agree.

[ambient]

It's about time for Boner to get his head on straight and stop holding tax relief for middle class America hostage for the sake of huge tax cuts to the top 2% of the wealthiest of the wealthy - most of whom do not overlap with the small business owner community he claims to want to help.

If you're going to spend $700B (which is what a tax break effectively is), then there are better ways to spend it than into the pockets of the top 2% of the nation's wealthy, who have been having no problem amassing more wealth than they can even burn in their lifetimes, tax breaks or not.