GOP leaders simply need to look at history to realize why they must reject Democratic pleas for tax hikes and focus on spending cuts to reduce the deficit, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview.
Both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush were hoodwinked with similar plans that amounted to nothing, he said.
President Barack Obama wants a deal that will not include any spending cuts at all until after the next election. And that means they will never happen, Gohmert said.
Gohmert, whose district covers an area on the Louisiana border, refuted Obama’s claims that many Republicans favor revenue-increasing measures alongside spending cuts. He said those who do should have learned from the mistakes of the past.
“After 1986, that tax reform that Reagan did – he was promised all kinds of tax cuts in return for what was done to the tax code. Well the cuts didn’t come,” said Gohmert, who has been in Congress since 2005.
“President GHW Bush was promised all kinds of cuts in spending in return for just a tiny hike-- ‘oh come on President Bush, we know you said read my lips, no new taxes, but just a little bitty raise here.’
“Once he did, they beat him up for breaking his pledge of no new taxes and the cuts never came.”
When asked if current Democratic tactics were planned to “snooker” Republicans just like Bush, he said, “That is exactly what’s going on and the best evidence of that being the case is there is no agreement to cut anything in the short term, in the next year and a half.
“You surely realize what it means to agree to cuts over 10 years. You get more than a year and a half out, they will not happen.
“There is no agreement to cut anything while he’s president this term. That’s just shocking to me that he would propose anything that didn’t have firm commitments in the next 18 months. Because that means there is no commitment to cut.”
Gohmert said he cannot believe that Obama can say “with a straight face” that the American public wants such a deal.
“This president has proposed no deal. He hasn’t put anything in writing. He hasn’t made any form of proposal at all. He keeps requesting that the Republicans do what he asks and that includes raise taxes. But he has no deal.”
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Both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush were hoodwinked with similar plans that amounted to nothing, he said.
President Barack Obama wants a deal that will not include any spending cuts at all until after the next election. And that means they will never happen, Gohmert said.
Gohmert, whose district covers an area on the Louisiana border, refuted Obama’s claims that many Republicans favor revenue-increasing measures alongside spending cuts. He said those who do should have learned from the mistakes of the past.
“After 1986, that tax reform that Reagan did – he was promised all kinds of tax cuts in return for what was done to the tax code. Well the cuts didn’t come,” said Gohmert, who has been in Congress since 2005.
“President GHW Bush was promised all kinds of cuts in spending in return for just a tiny hike-- ‘oh come on President Bush, we know you said read my lips, no new taxes, but just a little bitty raise here.’
“Once he did, they beat him up for breaking his pledge of no new taxes and the cuts never came.”
When asked if current Democratic tactics were planned to “snooker” Republicans just like Bush, he said, “That is exactly what’s going on and the best evidence of that being the case is there is no agreement to cut anything in the short term, in the next year and a half.
“You surely realize what it means to agree to cuts over 10 years. You get more than a year and a half out, they will not happen.
“There is no agreement to cut anything while he’s president this term. That’s just shocking to me that he would propose anything that didn’t have firm commitments in the next 18 months. Because that means there is no commitment to cut.”
Gohmert said he cannot believe that Obama can say “with a straight face” that the American public wants such a deal.
“This president has proposed no deal. He hasn’t put anything in writing. He hasn’t made any form of proposal at all. He keeps requesting that the Republicans do what he asks and that includes raise taxes. But he has no deal.”
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3 comments:
You are absolutely right! But short of a revolution there is nothing John Q Public can do about it! We saw in the last election votes do not matter anymore! A real Revolution may be closer then we think. Taxation without representation is our founding principle!!! Our so called government is about to once again awaken a sleepin giant!
Just give Obama a chance
It's Bushes fault
You're a racist
Obama saved the economy
2010 is the summer of recovery
The GOP are sabotaging the economy
We need more debt ot get out of debt
Show me the budget. Spending the country into oblivion does not constitute a budget.Show me where the extra money will be spent. Show me who is doing the lending. If the fed is going to finance the extra spending it's like paying a credit card bill with another credit card. How's that change working for you now?
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