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Obama to offer Social Security cuts in new budget — in exchange for tax hikes

Ed Morrissey — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:01:24 +0000

Balance?

No wonder it’s taking so long for Barack Obama to send his budget proposal to Congress. The budget is almost two months overdue, but Republicans may find it worth the wait. The Washington Post reports that Obama will offer cuts to Social Security in exchange for tax hikes to close the deficit — in effect, [...]

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Senior WH official: Obama’s GOP outreach is a big waste of time designed to impress the media

Allahpundit — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:01:02 +0000

Theater.

Look surprised. “This is a joke. We’re wasting the president’s time and ours,” complained a senior White House official who was promised anonymity so he could speak frankly. “I hope you all (in the media) are happy because we’re doing it for you.” Another said the president was sincerely trying to find common ground with [...]

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White House: When we said tax revenue figures were ‘just math,’ we meant ‘politics’

Mary Katharine Ham — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:11:03 +0000

Politics > Math

Yes, yesterday, we said this was about math, but when confronted with this unfortunate flashback, let us amend that answer with this equation: Politics = Math As you saw Erskine Bowles say this week, a lot has changed since we were negotiating with John Boehner in 2011, including an election in which the American people [...]

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Boehner: I’m not open to tax hikes, but I am open to new revenue

Allahpundit — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:21:00 +0000

Grand bargain?

The media’s hyperventilating over this as an early sign that the House GOP has been chastised by last night’s presidential/Senate whupping. (WaPo.com’s front-page headline: “A quick pivot after election.”) But … isn’t this always what Boehner says when asked about a grand bargain? Republicans are “willing to accept new revenue” to tame the soaring national [...]

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Extremism: It’s not just a GOP P.O.V.

Karl — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:10:00 +0000

Bargains.

David Brooks is so gosh-darned cute when he tries to explain Republicans to Democrats. Brooks guesses he’d say “Republicans don’t have an illness; they have a viewpoint.” You see, many of them have concluded the welfare-state model is in its death throes, gradually following the European death spiral: This is the source of Republican extremism: [...]

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