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Prez wrote on Nov 9, 2012, 00:43:What's missing from that Boehner quote is any mention of accepting some revenue increases along with all the cuts, which has been their entire reason for obstructing all along. They want 0 revenue increase and all cuts. Haven't seen that change yet.
John Boehner: "There's a lot of ways you could do this that would allow the Congress to fix our tax code next year, look at real spending cuts and entitlement reforms that would produce what the president's called for — a balanced approach," he said.
No deal, Senate Democrats say. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., outlined an opposing view: Democrats want an agreement to extend the Bush-era cuts on everyone except the top earners, and they want it done in the next 53 days. "Waiting for a month, six weeks, six months, that's not gonna solve the problem. We know what needs to be done," Reid said.
Boehner said his rank-and-file views heading over the cliff as "unacceptable," but he acknowledged there is no clear path forward for compromise. He was optimistic that a deal would be reached between himself, Reid and President Obama."
So I read the above excerpt from a USA Today article, and many others like it and I just don't see any GOP "obstructionism". From how it and other stories like it reads it's Boehner who is looking for compromise and Reid in his usual caustic manner flatly dismissing it.
Harry Reid has gone 4 years without calling for serious budget talks but all of a sudden this is a rush - in the next 53 days or GTFO! What am I missing? If closing loopholes and removing entitlements will get the rich to yield more tax revenue (which is exactly how Reagan handled it - lowering taxes overall while increasing tax revenue) why is it there is an all or nothing attitude on the part of Democrats for higher taxes on the rich? Who is stonewalling here?