Senate Democrats Propose Letting All Tax Cuts Expire - NY Times
Senate Democrats — holding firm against extending tax cuts for the rich —
are proposing a novel way to circumvent the Republican pledge not to
vote for any tax increase: Allow all the tax cuts to expire Jan. 1, then
vote on a tax cut for the middle class shortly thereafter.
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They must think voters are not intelligent. A passive aggressive tax
increase is still a tax increase and Republicans are not going to go
along with it.
The main problem the Democrats have on tax increases is
they have no credibility on spending cuts. Every time they
have promised to reduce spending in exchange for tax increases spending
has gone up. In Obama's case, he seems to view tax increases as an
excuse for increased spending on his poorly performing investment
portfolio of failed green energy projects and bailouts of union thugs
who ripped off taxpayers with his GM and Chrysler deals.
What the Democrats are doing is giving voters another reason to vote
against them this fall. Voters would be wise to seize that opportunity.
It is the only way we can have meaning spending reform and
deal honestly with the debt crisis.
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