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Old 07-09-2011, 08:29 PM
 
Location: it depends
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according to Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Speaker Boehner abandons comprehensive debt deal - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

Harry Reid laments that Republicans won't work with Democrats on the "shared sacrifice" approach.

With 50% of the people paying no income tax (dispropotionately Democrat, most likely), how can tax increases be construed as "shared sacrifice?"

It is more of a "Hey! I have an idea! Let's YOU pay!" kind of thing.
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:34 PM
 
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Shared sacrifice is one of those rhetoric terms.... like "taxing the rich" when it isn't the "rich" that they are trying to tax... but it makes for good "rhetoric" talk to make the liberals love the democrats even more...
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:35 PM
 
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There is no legitimate reason to raise taxes. Spending cuts will take care of everything.

Wanna raise taxes then raise them on the 50% who don't pay Federal income taxes. Let them have some skin in the game for once.
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:38 PM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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There is no legitimate reason to raise taxes. Spending cuts will take care of everything.

Wanna raise taxes then raise them on the 50% who don't pay Federal income taxes. Let them have some skin in the game for once.
That is not redistributing the wealth though!
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:40 PM
 
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There is no legitimate reason to raise taxes. Spending cuts will take care of everything.

Wanna raise taxes then raise them on the 50% who don't pay Federal income taxes. Let them have some skin in the game for once.
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That is not redistributing the wealth though!

But it is fair. And Obama is all about fairness. Right?
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Iowa
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In response, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said: "We cannot ask the middle-class and seniors to bear all the burden of higher costs and budget cuts. We need a balanced approach that asks the very wealthiest and special interests to pay their fair share as well. Both parties have made real progress thus far, and to back off now will not only fail to solve our fiscal challenge, it will confirm the cynicism people have about politics in Washington."
So typical, that's all they have left now. They can't say that what they're doing is working, just this demagoguery BS.
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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There is no legitimate reason to raise taxes. Spending cuts will take care of everything.

Wanna raise taxes then raise them on the 50% who don't pay Federal income taxes. Let them have some skin in the game for once.
how about 2 wars that have been entirely paid with debt and have cost trillions.
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Old 07-09-2011, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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how about 2 wars that have been entirely paid with debt and have cost trillions.
Why not be truthful and include Libya and Yemen too?
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Old 07-09-2011, 09:13 PM
 
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Why not be truthful and include Libya and Yemen too?
But but but those are humanitarian actions (or kinetic military action)! Libya must accept humanitarian aid or else.

Next thing you know, the U.S. blows up a nuke in the atmosphere and Bammers would say lol no that's just a dishwasher that blew up and the liberals will eat it up and take it as gospel
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Old 07-10-2011, 12:12 AM
 
Location: Riverside
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Default Boehner caves in to Tea Party- no dice on 4 trillion

Boehner had an historic opportunity to strike a reasonable deal with Obama, that would have averted the debt ceiling "crisis", and reduced the national debt over the next ten years by four trillion dollars.

But since the deal involved spending cuts and tax increases, like virtually every credible economist says it must, Boehner chickened out.

Guess his main priority isn't solving the nation's problems, it's keeping Cantor from muscling him out of his Speakership.

Boehner’s decision means an opportunity lost - The Washington Post
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