Republicans wave the white flag
Right now, he is hoping to lead his fractious GOP to an orderly surrender. The question is no longer whether Republicans will give on taxes; they already have. All that remains to be negotiated is how they will increase taxes, and whether they will do it before or after the government reaches the “fiscal cliff.”
“I believe that it’s appropriate to put revenues on the table,” Boehner told reporters. “Now, the revenues we’re putting on the table are going to come from — guess who? — the rich.” …
But the bromides couldn’t conceal the fact that House GOP leaders, with little dissent from the rank and file, had already acquiesced on some form of a tax increase. “House Republicans are prepared to get to yes,” Roskam said. “House Republicans are not prepared to get to foolish, and it is foolish to reject President Obama’s own self-described architecture of $3 in spending cuts for every dollar in new revenue.”
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Great link.
Congress may be full of lawyers, but they appear to be failed and incompetent lawyers who couldn’t make it as practicing lawyers. For example, Gowdy is one of the few who appears to understand the art of cross-examination, a basic skill.
As for negotiating skills, forget it. You need to have some courage and some smarts to negotiate well. Both qualites are in very short supply in the Republican caucus.
novaculus on December 6, 2012 at 2:04 PM
One of the key indicators the GOP have preemptively surrendered is the adoption of the term ‘revenues’.
The government is funded through taxes on people who generate wealth by providing products and services in the market place, which one could call revenues.
The government then taxes these revenues.
Failure to call taxes “taxes” lends socialism legitimacy. You might as well call the gang who collects your car at the point of a gun a revenue generator. Note – I am referencing private sector thieves not the IRS.
CorporatePiggy on December 6, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Alpha_SheMale hates America, and approves of Reverend Wright’s message.
xblade on December 6, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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