Lack of rank-and-file House GOP backlash hints at softening on taxes - The Hill http://thehill.com/homenews/house/271055-lack-of-backlash-hints-at-softening-on-taxes RRD: This is a somewhat belated post but it contains some interesting quotes & I had intended to post it earlier,so I am posting it now. After noting that Boehner has the support of Paul Ryan, The Hill quotes Rep.Austin Scott (R-Ga) as saying:
...“I think that Speaker Boehner is the one who has
conducted himself as an adult in the whole discussion, ".... It goes on to quote Jim DeMint ( who has since announced that he is leaving to head The Heritage Foundation) :
DeMint said Boehner's proposal was a “$800
billion tax hike” which would “destroy American jobs and
allow politicians in Washington to spend even more, while
not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny.”
Outgoing chair of the Republican
Study Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), said that Boehner's proposal was “a lot better than the president’s, but it’s still a tax increase, so that’s
not going to help grow the economy when you are raising
taxes.” The Hill then quotes a anonymous aid to the House leadership who responded to the criticism by saying that Boehner's plan:
“It points to the fact that we’ve put a serious offer on the table —
serious compromise,”
RRD: Why "compromise" is a value to us is never explained by the anonymous aide. He then complains rather oddly that:
Obama “isn’t facing any backlash” from the left over Obama's plan to raise taxes. The anonymous aide seems to think that since leftists are not criticizing Obama for seeking to raise taxes,then Conservatives shouldn't criticize the GOP leadership for seeking to raise taxes. Somehow the fact that leftists are not criticizing Obama because THEY AGREE WITH HIM on tax increases,while Conservatives are criticizing Boehner because THEY DISAGREE WITH HIM on tax increases is lost the unnamed aide. Boehner himself had nothing to say. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)
GOP conference chairwoman, called Boehner's plan “a work in progress” ,but added that critics “need to be constructive.”
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) said that he would support the Boehner plan &
seemed hurt that Obama was not appreciative of the GOP's efforts to serve the idol of compromise.
“Good faith is good faith,” he said. “If we give a little, you’ve got to give a little. That’s how it works.”
Actually ,no ,that is not how it works. I have observed leftist politicians support the filibuster when it served their purposes & oppose it when it didn't. I've seen them make up wholly fabricated accusations of racism against the innocent & then brush aside the real,actual racism of Harry Reid & Bill Clinton & Joe Biden. I have seen them support reconciliation as a legal method to pass Obamacare & then declare that it would be illegal to repeal it by that method. I have heard them defend the most outlandish attacks on Bush,not merely as being exercises in free speech,but as being "patriotic" since "dissent is patriotic";only to then turn around & describe criticism of Obama as being a attack on the nation itself. I have seen Democrats call for immediate concession speeches from conservatives while they still deny that Al Gore lost the election, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
All of this has a common denominator & it isn't " we give a little, you give a little" ;it's "we win you lose ,consistency be damned".
Rooney then said that he “disagreed” with the claim that Boehner’s offer was a tax increase,yet he acknowledged that he would not have taken that position a few months ago. What changed? The Hill then reports that Cantor was seen on Tuesday meeting with
two members of the Republican Study Committee:Reps. Scott Garrett (N.J.) and Tom Graves (Ga.). They quote Graves as objecting to the plan due to a lack of spending cuts. Graves added that:
“It’s a start, but my concern is that this is turning into
‘Who’s going to raise taxes the least?’ And that’s a
problem,” Scott was unwilling to commit until he saw how the CBO scored the plan. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) was studying the plan.
Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said:
“I think most people don’t know what it is on all the
details,” & added that “There is some
frustration because people want to see real cuts. I’m from
that perspective as well.” ...
Lankford also told The Hill that he opposed tax increases.
...“I think that Speaker Boehner is the one who has
conducted himself as an adult in the whole discussion, ".... It goes on to quote Jim DeMint ( who has since announced that he is leaving to head The Heritage Foundation) :
DeMint said Boehner's proposal was a “$800
billion tax hike” which would “destroy American jobs and
allow politicians in Washington to spend even more, while
not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny.”
Outgoing chair of the Republican
Study Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), said that Boehner's proposal was “a lot better than the president’s, but it’s still a tax increase, so that’s
not going to help grow the economy when you are raising
taxes.” The Hill then quotes a anonymous aid to the House leadership who responded to the criticism by saying that Boehner's plan:
“It points to the fact that we’ve put a serious offer on the table —
serious compromise,”
RRD: Why "compromise" is a value to us is never explained by the anonymous aide. He then complains rather oddly that:
Obama “isn’t facing any backlash” from the left over Obama's plan to raise taxes. The anonymous aide seems to think that since leftists are not criticizing Obama for seeking to raise taxes,then Conservatives shouldn't criticize the GOP leadership for seeking to raise taxes. Somehow the fact that leftists are not criticizing Obama because THEY AGREE WITH HIM on tax increases,while Conservatives are criticizing Boehner because THEY DISAGREE WITH HIM on tax increases is lost the unnamed aide. Boehner himself had nothing to say. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)
GOP conference chairwoman, called Boehner's plan “a work in progress” ,but added that critics “need to be constructive.”
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) said that he would support the Boehner plan &
seemed hurt that Obama was not appreciative of the GOP's efforts to serve the idol of compromise.
“Good faith is good faith,” he said. “If we give a little, you’ve got to give a little. That’s how it works.”
Actually ,no ,that is not how it works. I have observed leftist politicians support the filibuster when it served their purposes & oppose it when it didn't. I've seen them make up wholly fabricated accusations of racism against the innocent & then brush aside the real,actual racism of Harry Reid & Bill Clinton & Joe Biden. I have seen them support reconciliation as a legal method to pass Obamacare & then declare that it would be illegal to repeal it by that method. I have heard them defend the most outlandish attacks on Bush,not merely as being exercises in free speech,but as being "patriotic" since "dissent is patriotic";only to then turn around & describe criticism of Obama as being a attack on the nation itself. I have seen Democrats call for immediate concession speeches from conservatives while they still deny that Al Gore lost the election, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
All of this has a common denominator & it isn't " we give a little, you give a little" ;it's "we win you lose ,consistency be damned".
Rooney then said that he “disagreed” with the claim that Boehner’s offer was a tax increase,yet he acknowledged that he would not have taken that position a few months ago. What changed? The Hill then reports that Cantor was seen on Tuesday meeting with
two members of the Republican Study Committee:Reps. Scott Garrett (N.J.) and Tom Graves (Ga.). They quote Graves as objecting to the plan due to a lack of spending cuts. Graves added that:
“It’s a start, but my concern is that this is turning into
‘Who’s going to raise taxes the least?’ And that’s a
problem,” Scott was unwilling to commit until he saw how the CBO scored the plan. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) was studying the plan.
Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said:
“I think most people don’t know what it is on all the
details,” & added that “There is some
frustration because people want to see real cuts. I’m from
that perspective as well.” ...
Lankford also told The Hill that he opposed tax increases.
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