| Posted by | Message |
RCDfan1950 
LSU Fan
United States
Member since Feb 2007
6647 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:01 am to a want)
quote:
I'd almost rather go over the cliff at this point. At least our deficit would be cut in half.
How would that happen, W; tax hikes with big cuts and the economy shrinks, and along with it the revenue...wouldn't that mean that the deficit would GROW? Aren't the revenues from the tax hikes assuming that the economy remains the SAME? 
Whole thing looks like spilt milk to me. 
|
| Back to top | |
pistolpete23 
USA Fan
In the present
Member since Dec 2007
3072 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:01 am to a want)
quote:
Pitiful
I agree with you. a want
Dumb arse let his mouth write a check he couldn't cash
quote:
, Boehner completely shite the bed
This!!!
|
| Back to top | |
constant cough 
New Orleans Saints Fan
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2007
28432 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:08 am to pistolpete23)
quote:
Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama
I blame both of you.
|
| Back to top | |
TenTex
LSU Fan
Member since Jan 2008
13971 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:10 am to pistolpete23)
The Washington Blame game at it's Best!!! 
|
| Back to top | |
a want
LSU Fan
Silicone Holler
Member since Oct 2010
6932 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:14 am to RCDfan1950)
quote:
ow would that happen, W; tax hikes with big cuts and the economy shrinks, and along with it the revenue
I'm going w/ the CBOs calculations. See here
Click "clear" then check the " let all bush tax cuts expire - $550b"
With the fiscal cliff and a couple of no-brainers (like raising SS eligibility age and retirement age 2 years, etc) you can easily get the deficit down to 200 Billion or so. Surely there are more cuts possible - but that's an easy start.
This post was edited on 12/21 at 8:22 am
|
| Back to top | |
udtiger
LSU Fan
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2006
18075 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:14 am to jamboybarry)
Fiscal cliff.
It's what's for dinner.
|
| Back to top | |
RCDfan1950
LSU Fan
United States
Member since Feb 2007
6647 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 8:31 am to a want)
quote:
With the fiscal cliff and a couple of no-brainers (like raising SS eligibility age and retirement age 2 years, etc) you can easily get the deficit down to 200 Billion or so. Surely there are more cuts possible - but that's an easy start.
Whoaa!...have I missed that as being part of Obama/Reid's offering? That's on the table? I mean SERIOUSLY, in stone, tied to the tax increases in writing and on the table?
And didn't the CBO pad the numbers re ObamaCare? Some how, I think they are like me and the idea of Jesus and parallel universes...I believe, and it profoundly affects MY LIFE...but in the larger reality of human interaction...pretty much like tits on a boar hog.
Merry Christmas, buddy. Hope you get something good! 
|
| Back to top | |
Grizzly 
Southern Cal Fan
Member since Oct 2012
1776 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 9:33 am to a want)
quote:
it's embarrassing.
That would be the leadership in the WH.
|
| Back to top | |
a want
LSU Fan
Silicone Holler
Member since Oct 2010
6932 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 9:34 am to RCDfan1950)
You too!
|
| Back to top | |
vodkacop
LSU Fan
GOM
Member since Nov 2008
1025 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/21/12 at 11:57 am to a want)
quote:
I'm going w/ the CBOs calculations. See here
Click "clear" then check the " let all bush tax cuts expire - $550b"
W
Man i just got us a 95 billion surplus. Cuts all around.
|
| Back to top | |
CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5211 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/27/12 at 9:09 am to pistolpete23)
I think enough Americans are awake to be the majority in knowing Obama is a partisan that is not putting America before slick Chicago politics.
|
| Back to top | |
Bestbank Tiger 
Tulane Fan
Landmass Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2005
15766 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/28/12 at 9:34 pm to CajunAngele)
Boehnhead is a baffoon.
He should have gotten the House to pass the $50K limit on deductions while making the current rates permanent. That is very simple and understandable. And the rationale fits into a sound bite--you just point out that it gets the rich to actually pay instead of finding more loopholes. That concept is barely larger than a bumper sticker.
For the cuts, 5% next year from current levels and 5% from that level the following year. Much larger cuts can be made in stereotypically Republican toys like the War on Drugs and overseas military bases. That shows a commitment to spending less instead of just raising more money to waste. It also allows the GOP to say "we cut everything, not just social programs".
But most important, the House would have passed a concrete proposal with two weeks left. Then they could have held daily press conferences asking why Reid was refusing to act.
|
| Back to top | |
Tyrusrex
LSU Fan
Member since Jul 2011
303 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/28/12 at 9:55 pm to Bestbank Tiger)
Hmmm, the articles seems to be quite a bit short on details of what Boehner's actual plan is, except to keep taxes the same for everybody under $1 million income the same. Boehner tried to pass something the same thing earlier with Plan B, but supposedly it got scuttled by members of the Republican party who didn't want to raise taxes on anybody.
|
| Back to top | |
TenTex
LSU Fan
Member since Jan 2008
13971 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/28/12 at 10:26 pm to pistolpete23)
Yep, they are working together real well up there in DC. 
|
| Back to top | |
Magicmikeforlsu
LSU Fan
Cenla
Member since Oct 2012
417 posts
| re: Boehner : Blame tax hikes on Obama (Posted on 12/28/12 at 10:56 pm to accnodefense)
quote:
To address the huge economic threat that is the deficit/debt problem. He has instead maneuvered for a "political win" that will have no positive impact on said economic threat...even if he "wins".
Isn't this what all politicians do? They all need to agree to cut out the "waste". Taxing the shite out of the top 2-3% of the income earners damn sure isn't gonna fix a f*cking thing. 
|
| Back to top | |
