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I am not aware of any Republican or Boehner proposal on entitlements.
Can anyone produce that?
Duece said:That's a strange declaration given that you know virtually no details of the offer.
Here is my point on this....Obama through Giethner offered a proposal that was really more insult than plan, in that he said he wanted
a. Tax increase on those making over $250K (something he has never revised since day one in 2009)
b. Increase spending through a new stimulus
c. $400 Bilion in spending cuts, to be determined later, (and here is the important part) with NO guarantees...
The republicans should have walked out on that ridiculous presentation. It was designed to insult, and force repubs to negotiate with themselves. Now, repubs have caved on hiking taxes, as a part of social spending reductions that are the real cause of our debt. and Obama knows this, but still rejects it, in fact Iguanaman stated it in this thread....
Iguanaman said:There will be no Social Insurance reform as part of the tax increases on the wealthy, they are off the table....
So, just what the heck are we negotiating? Our complete surrender? nah, that's foolish. Vote a bill lowering the bottom 3 tax rates, and keeping the top two the same, putting it back in Obama and company's lap, then bow out, vote present, and let Obama own his BS.