Politico
Boehner throws cold water on Obama’s sequester plan
Speaker John Boehner is signaling he will not accept revenue increases that President Barack Obama is expected to propose to delay the automatic spending cuts that take hold at the beginning of March. …
“We believe there is a better way to reduce the deficit, but Americans do not support sacrificing real spending cuts for more tax hikes,” he added. “The president’s sequester should be replaced with spending cuts and reforms that will start us on the path to balancing the budget in 10 years.”
Blowback
Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.
Trackbacks/Pings
Trackback URL
Comments
I heard somewhere he was forming a spine….dare I hope??
NJ Red on February 5, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Take it with a grain of salt. Boehner talks a good game all the way until the day he folds like a paper bag.
tommyboy on February 5, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Only if you are a masochist and enjoy being deceived and lied to.
SWalker on February 5, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Will someone, anyone in the media ask Obama why he wants more revenue, after he GOT more just recently? Or details of said revenue?
changer1701 on February 5, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Was it here that you heard it?
lucyvanpelt on February 5, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Now now boehner, do you really think we are going to believe you? Do you mean this or is this another lie to give us hope you will help our nation and not cave to bho?
WE will see if/if not you are telling the truth.
L
letget on February 5, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Oh well, I guess I’ll just forget about this since all is lost. They might as well just take my whole paycheck at the rate their going. Pretty soon I won’t be able to afford to drive to my job anyway…time to get in the cart.
NJ Red on February 5, 2013 at 3:23 PM
They let the cat out of the bag with revenue….it’s running loose now. Give em an inch and they’ll want a mile…libs always do this.
NJ Red on February 5, 2013 at 3:24 PM
It didn’t even take 30 days for him to spend every dime of that tax increase on a pork laden Hurrican Sandy relief bill. Every. Single. Dime.
tommyboy on February 5, 2013 at 3:26 PM
Yeah, jello hardens when it cold….
CTSherman on February 5, 2013 at 3:32 PM
My god this president is a fluking joke. His chest thumping on balanced cuts and tax increases sounded like they just programmed him for repeat.
This man is truly pathetic.
jawkneemusic on February 5, 2013 at 3:36 PM
Opps… Seems somebody doesn’t quiet understand the metaphor of loosing ones shirt.
SWalker on February 5, 2013 at 3:39 PM
I swear I’m going to start swinging if I hear the term “revenue increases” again.
forest on February 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM
That bill should have had a provision that bho can NOT get on AF1 more that one time per month when he is on his constant campaigning at taxpayers expense? If bho does, the dnc or his campaign pays, NOT US!
L
letget on February 5, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Add Balanced Approach to that….I’m so fed up with this government.
jawkneemusic on February 5, 2013 at 3:48 PM
And “corporate jet owners”.
Chuck Schick on February 5, 2013 at 4:03 PM
I don’t know where the split lies, but I think well more than half the country has had it with Obama on this point. What the idiot GOP should have insisted on was a study tracking the revenue effect of the increased rates. It’s time to put the tax argument to rest. Liberals love citing the Clinton-era 39.6% tax rate as the engine of prosperity, ignoring that it was the reduction of the capital-gains rate from 28% to 20% that triggered the gusher of tax revenue. The 39.6% bracket triggered a nominal–if that–increase in revenue. And, of course, liberals ignore that the Bush tax rates actually increased tax revenues. Instead, liberals look back at the income generated in a low-tax-rate environment and whine about all the lost tax revenue that could have been collected with higher rates, failing to realize that higher tax rates would have depressed income. Complete morons.
BuckeyeSam on February 5, 2013 at 4:14 PM
I’ll add my pet peeve from the Imperial Indonesian..
Investments for education and infrastructure. Always good for a laugh.
NJ Red on February 5, 2013 at 4:17 PM
I wouldn’t trust that crybaby to pour cold water out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the bottom of the heel.
CurtZHP on February 5, 2013 at 4:24 PM
Fear of higher unempl. rates, at once, none more. He actually wants this.
Schadenfreude on February 5, 2013 at 4:37 PM
WHAT? I don’t get it.
NJ Red on February 5, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Now Boehner will show U.S. all what a crafty RINO he in fact is.
He will demand Obama run cover for Boehner and the Republicans giving in on amnesty in return for going along with Obama on this shit.
like that
as long as he can point fingers and talk shit
stuck on stupid
APACHEWHOKNOWS on February 5, 2013 at 5:27 PM