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Report: Boehner caves? ‘The rich will pay more’

Dec. 5, 2012 1:02pm Meredith Jessup

Ugh, via CNN:

Taxes on the wealthy are going up, House Speaker John Boehner conceded on Wednesday in challenging President Barack Obama to sit down with him to hammer out a deal for avoiding the fiscal cliff.

The statement to reporters reflected how negotiations on reducing the nation’s chronic federal deficits and debt have evolved since Obama’s re-election last month. [...]

“We have got to cut spending and I believe it is appropriate to put revenues on the table,” Boehner told reporters Wednesday. “Now, the revenues that we are putting on the table are going to come from guess who? The rich.

“There are ways to limit deductions, close loopholes and have the same people pay more of their money to the federal government without raising tax rates, which we believe will harm our economy,” Boehner said.

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TheGrtDcptn
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 9:33am
‘There are ways to limit deductions, close loopholes and (have the same people pay more of THEIR money to the federal government) without raising tax rates’…

What part of ‘THEIR money’ does the government not get…?!

Sick of the corruption from these hypocritical thugs…!!

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fastgunslinger
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 7:34am
ask a poor person 4 a j

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fastgunslinger
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 7:32am
r u against rich people; if so ask the person on the corner 4 a job.The dems need slaves 4 their plantation.
it takes money 2 make $.

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IAMMADDOG
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:57pm
Taxing the rich is NOT to our benefit. When they start laying people off and raising their prices to offset the tax raise how does that help the middle class…especially the ones who are laid off?

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vaman
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:44pm
Few blaze readers will qualify under the “rich” category, but do qualify as middle class or poor. So taxing the rich is to your benefit. I will be affected by it, so I have a legitimate gripe. I don’t want my taxes to go up exponentially to pay for the middle class or poor. It’s my money, I earned it and already pay a greater amount than most people.

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