Monday, December 17, 2012

Speaker Boehner offers Tax Hikes for those earning over $1 Million and Obama refuses

Late Saturday evening, a source from the White House said the Speaker of the House John Boehner had put tax rate hikes on the table in fiscal cliff negotiations. The White House promptly rejected the offer, since Boehner also wanted entitlement reform as a compromise. But the announcement is likely to exacerbate the war within the Republican Party with regard to tax policy in the run-up to the fiscal cliff. 
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Politico reports that Boehner wants to raise taxes for those earning upward of $1 million beginning January 1.
Read the whole story HERE.

Why can't Boehner just say to the President, when YOU'RE READY to offer serious cuts in spending, please announce those 'specific' cuts in a press conference...THEN...we'll talk?

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