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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

White House Rejects Boehner 'Plan B' With Threat Of Tax Hikes Looming

The White House on Tuesday rejected House Speaker John Boehner's call for a fall-back option to avert the looming fiscal crisis, in a move the speaker's office said "defies common sense."

The feisty exchange came as both sides crept toward a possible middle ground in private talks. But underscoring the differences that remain, the White House resisted Boehner's bid to craft a "Plan B" just in case those talks fail to yield a compromise before a Jan. 1 deadline -- that's when taxes are set to rise on everyone, followed by a wave of spending cuts.

"Every income tax filer in America is going to pay higher rates come Jan. 1 unless Congress acts," Boehner said Tuesday morning, as he introduced his alternative plan. 

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let it fall over the cliff and in a few years we will fire the Demon-Crat as we did in George Bushes days; same thing occurred.

Anonymous said...

Let it go over the CLiffffffff.

Anonymous said...

The cliff will get both sides what they want higher taxes n big cuts

lmclain said...

Taxes MUST go up. They know it. Its the "game". And it's being played on US, "we, the people". These snakes spend trillions they don't have and then wring their hands in despair (for the camera). Act like they don't know how this happened. And we keep voting for them, like there is a chance in hell that someone else won't spend us into poverty. We have so much debt the printing presses would break down before we could even PRINT that much money. Bad things can't help but start manifesting themselves.....get ready.

Anonymous said...

its all politics. Most of the republicans and democrats could care less about the people. we as blind sheep have let it happen. there will be no budgets, there will be no spending cuts. just hang on maybe the whole system will implode and we will wake up.

you own it

Anonymous said...

So Mr, B complains about the healthcare bill being decided behind closed doors, but he then decides our tax policy with Prez B, behind closed doors? You get what you voted for, and now folks the check cashers are fully in control. Nothing left but to take up arms,