Watch Live: Congressional Hearing on IRS Scandal

Live Now on TheBlaze Radio: ‘The Buck Sexton Show’

Politics

Boehner Reaffirms No-Go Tax Stance: ‘We’re Not Raising Rates’

Nov. 28, 2012 2:15pm Madeleine Morgenstern

House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday roundly dismissed a fellow Republican’s proposal to hold off on the fight to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, declaring, “we’re not raising rates.”

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a former chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee, urged colleagues privately on Tuesday to ensure tax cuts for 98 percent of taxpayers remain in place before the “fiscal cliff” deadline rather than getting bogged down in a battle for the top 2 percent of earners, Politico reported.

Cole called for Republicans to join with President Barack Obama for a quick deal before the year-end deadline that will automatically trigger higher taxes and abrupt spending cuts. Obama, who made letting the George W. Bush-era tax rates expire for the wealthiest Americans a hallmark of his re-election campaign, would essentially be handed a major victory if such a deal came to pass.

Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday he wasn’t having it.

“I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him,” Boehner told reporters after a House GOP Conference meeting, The Hill reported. “He’s a wonderful friend of mine and a great supporter of mine. But raising taxes on the so-called top 2 percent – half of those people are small-business owners that pay their taxes through their personal income tax filing every year. The goal here is to grow the economy and to cut spending.”

He added, “We’re not going to grow the economy if we raise tax rates on the top two rates. It’ll hurt small businesses. It’ll hurt our economy. That’s why it’s not the right approach. We’ll willing to put revenue on the table as long as we’re not raising rates.”

Obama has called for tax rates to go up on individual incomes exceeding $200,000 and on family incomes greater than $250,000.

RELATED:

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (95)

hauschild
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:05pm
‘We’re Not Raising Rates’

Well, it’s nothing that a round or two of golf with the Marxist can’t change!

Crybaby, if you had any smaller stones and you were my Mom or Dad’s sibling, you’d be my aunt.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:12pm
  I hope the Speaker is able to stand strong because Obama has no intention of ANY compromise with Boehner:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFLvSLx0dg4
  
  Report this comment
- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:31am
  .
  When Boehner says, “we’re not raising rates.”,
  you can count on one thing. Your rates are going up.
  
  Can we get a real speaker?
  
  Report this comment
- November29
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:43am
  I hope he means it, but I have my doubts. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
  Report this comment
- Small World
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:02pm
  How do we e-mail this bone head?
  
  Report this comment
- JediKnight
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:51pm
  He doesn’t have to raise rates. Just let them expire and they automatically go up. He just has to put forward legislation that makes all the other rates either stay the same or go up less.
  
  Report this comment
Hoax And Chains
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:53pm
Beohner will cave sooner or later. All it will take is for Obummer to promise more federal money to Boehner’s state. Both sides are corrupt. When they start talking about immediate cuts to foreign aid, simplified tax rates, eliminating the IRS, Federal Education department, audit the FED, delay Obamacare for another five years, etc, then withdraw taxes on energy such as gas and oil… you will see real answers for turning this fiscal ship away from the impending iceberg. Anything else is just bull. The problem with our debt is government spending. All the money from the rich today would fund a few days of government operation. Why can;t morons understand this simple math? It’s the spending, not the taxes.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
moreteaplease
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:51pm
progressiveslayer
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:49pm

His plan can be found in Cloward & Piven and he’s executed it flawlessly….
—————————————————-
BINGO! This is the foundation of his entire agenda. Destroying the economy is a big part of the C-P strategy.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:58pm
  MORETEA…Obama is a product of leftist thought filtered through racial politics. He believes that government cannot run out of money and when it’s short..just tax the rich guy who has plenty to be taxed for. This will fix everything.
  
  Obama is a dullard on economics he doesn’t even grasp the most basic of economic realities that the more tax payers there are, the more revenue the government gets. By getting more people working he can raise revenue without raising rates on anyone. But he can’t even acknowledge this reality.
  
  The lower tax rates are, the more activity is generated thus promoting more revenue. Take cap gains for instance, Obama wants to nearly double them. Under Bush, revenues from cap gains went up over 100% because the lower rate promoted more activity..people simply trade more when they’re being taxed less because they retain more profit on the trade while generating withholding with each transaction..this generates more revenue. Obama simply cannot grasp this most basic of facts. The man is an idiot.
  
  Report this comment
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:20pm
  Furthermore…Obama can’t understand that he’s in fact increased government spending and grown entitlements thus creating more government expenditure. He has no idea how tax and debt work so again..he filters it all through his being marinated in leftist thought throughout his childhood and college years..tax the rich solves everything in his eyes. He’s utterly clueless.
  
  Report this comment
tankyjo
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:46pm
Unfortunately John is just a tool now.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:45pm
  They are all tools now. Obama will have Congress declared inept, crisis, dictatorship. All has been planned out.
  
  Report this comment
theotherberean
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:46pm
Is it just me or does John Boehner look like a grown up Howdy Doody?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- DZ-015
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:09pm
  I don’t think so. Ted Koppel, on the other hand was Howdy to a T. Harry Reid does remind me a bit of Mr. Bluster. Nancy Pelosi looks like Claribell the clown, and Elizabeth Warren would make a great Princess Summerfall Winterspring. Obama, of course , would have to be the Flub-a-Dub.
  
  Report this comment
P4cooler
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:21pm
I appreciate Boehner’s stance on not raising taxes, but I don’t think he has the stamina to follow through. Our country’s fabric is severely damaged and still under assault. The United States will be no more as Obama socialism spreads. I think we may see small governments popping up in various states out of necessity. Let’s all pray Boehner is filled with God’s strength. Prayer is good. I pray it is not too late.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- drs1969
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:06pm
  The ‘good’ news is the government is too broke to implement socialism. The fool in the white house doesn’t have a clue that Bernanke has been ‘kiting’ bad checks for 4 years now! He just struts around like he’s some sort of hero. Amazing.
  
  Report this comment
drphil69
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:20pm
Tax the job creators, that will show them!!

Morons. Go over the cliff, the pain will be less than the collapse obama is creating.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:09pm
Boehner hold your promise and grow a spine.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- CatB
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:52pm
  Hi SNOW.
  
  I have said from day one .. the R’s need to vote “present” on any tax increases .. make the Dems own it. btw .. 5 Obamacare taxes go into effect on January 1st also.
  
  Report this comment
- drs1969
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:08pm
  Voting ‘present’ is the only way. It’s time to take our marbles and go home. This gov. doesn’t represent workers, anymore.
  
  Report this comment
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:26pm
  Absolutely….stick it to the democrats and do an Obama on them..”vote present”.
  I want to see Obama’s face when his own tactics are used against him. He knows the economy will crater under his watch that’s why he’s called in Romney for some band aid ideas.
  I would forgive the GOP house and those in the Senate that vote “present” because I’d understand what they’re doing…they’re letting the electorate have what they voted for while expressing their disdain for Obama’s tax rate raising. Obama’s wants it..let him have it let him finally have no room to squirm under.
  
  Report this comment
truthsurfer
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:04pm
No higher taxes time to cut obamas low life bases gravy train. Get rid of the ghetto phones and all the food stamps for the ghetto trash to start with. Also cut all bennefits for illegals. If you do not have a US birth certificate you are not eligible for US bennefits. That will cut billions of our tax dollars the low lives are sponging from us. Cut all of the fraudulant global warming scam funding. Make oturdbag own his reckless spending and tell his loser base its time to grow up and own your life.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:03pm
.
Put the car in drive that sucker right over the cliff………

Like I said before I got guns and food let the fun begin………..

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- dosdelgados
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:25pm
  Yep.
  
  Report this comment
Oldphoto678
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:52pm
We will let the Bush tax cuts expire. Then you’re all going to pay higher taxes, and most Americans will blame the right. Now that really is a good thing come 2014. Me, I don’t have to worry about it. I don’t have to pay taxes.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Gonzo
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:02pm
  To hell with the rest of the country as long as it doesn’t effect me? Typical liberal attitude and BTW, it will effect you when prices climb.
  
  Report this comment
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:17pm
  So which part of the regime do you work for Mr.patriotic?
  
  Report this comment
- drs1969
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:13pm
  Gas prices will go $8-10 a gallon, if things stay on this course, in 4 yrs. Handouts won’t go too far in that kind of inflation. Thanks Bernanke. They give w/ 1 hand and take away w/ the Federal Reserve’s ‘check writing’.
  
  Report this comment
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:35pm
  GONZO…the house and GOP senate should simply vote “present”. Obama will demagogue this incessantly if they stick to their guns on tax rates. I can forgive them if they vote present because I’ll know what they’re doing and they should announce what they’re doing too. Give Obama everything he wants on tax rates while not cutting spending, just like the democrats want. Let the democrats experience Obama’s own tactic against them and watch them fall.
  
  Then in two years for the midterms with the economy cratered while making it crystal clear that Obama got EVERYTHING he asked for and repeat it over and over…the house and senate will go GOP because they’re “bipartisan and not obstructionist”. At that ponit, budgets will actually be passed and tax rates lowered..bingo..economy improves and the democrats have lost the “same old ideas” talking points they use with such effectiveness. Obama- inflicted- pain is the only way to educate this benighted electorate.
  
  Report this comment
Nevermind
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:45pm
He has no leverage and will cave, if not his party will lose the house the next election. All Obama has to do is stand firm and let all the tax cuts expire, then on January 1st have the middle class tax cuts go for a vote ( whihc is has passed in the saneate already) and let th ehouse decide. They can vote agaisnt the tax cuts for 98% of Americans and lose their seats over it or give in like htey are going to anyway.

Obama has all the cards in this game. The GOP love power more than principle ( Romney was nominee not because his principles but becasue they thought he coudl win) and will do whatever it takes to stay in power.

You really think they want to go to home districts and answer to the voters as to why they voted against tax cuts for middle class?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:15pm
  Why do the republicans wish to fold. The fault ot the increase in taxes is on the tiny sloping shoulders of the Kenyan. HE is the one who wants more taxes and HE is the one who has instituted more taxes including the payments on obamacare. He has built in the massive incresase of taxes for obamacare. These taxes are built in. He also is the one that wants more taxes on the wealthy and refuses to compromise by keeping the Bush tax cuts. It is ALL OBAMA. The taxes are HIS fault.
  
  Report this comment
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:14pm
  LOL..yeah right…the public never blames the president for economic distasters..just ask “Dubyah”. The public will blame Obama if they see their taxes go up and their 401ks hit.
  The buck stops with Obama and if he can’t broker a deal and the public suffers for it he will be blamed, not the GOP house. The disengaged American has no idea how the two houses of congress work..and guess what..there’s at least 51% disengaged Americans right now according to the popular vote this last election.
  
  Report this comment
RaydocX
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:44pm
Uhm, while i applaud your bravado, the LAST thing i want is to give the Dems and their MSM lap dogs a hung jury they can point to and claim is the Republicans’ fault when the economy is still in the outhouse in 2 years…

better Obama and Reid and Pelosi OWN the taxes now, so in two years we can take the entire Congress and then pass appropriate legislation regarding taxation, environment, etc, than to give Obama another two years during which he can ram whatever ‘we have to pass the bill to know what’s in the bill’ legislation he deems fit for the ‘new Republic.’

i can hear the stormtroopers now.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
ResistSocialism
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:44pm
whew at least that disaster will be averted.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:43pm
Here is the perfect compromise: Obama wants to raise taxes to absorb 3 weeks of his OVERSPENDING!
Obama must absorb the other 49 weeks of his OVERSPENDING by CUTTING HIS OVERSPENDING!
Hand it to him in writing. Get it from him in writing. Otherwise, shut up!

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
overthecliff
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:40pm
A distinction without a difference. End result is giving the government more money. Where are the spending cuts? Where are the spending cuts? Where are the spending cuts.? President Obama what is your plan beside raising taxes?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:44pm
  Too many questions, overthecliff. You should have asked these before you elected Obama!
  
  Report this comment
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:49pm
  His plan can be found in Cloward & Piven and he’s executed it flawlessly,it wasn’t difficult though with an electorate that can’t find it’s ass with both hands. We have a society where half wants to leach off the other half and they think they’re entitled to it and the collectivist POS currently masquerading as president has fostered that idea to the hilt.
  
  Report this comment
- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:51pm
  OVERTHECLIFF : What is Obozo’s plan besides raising taxes ? To destroy America.
  
  Report this comment
- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:53pm
  LOL @ Progressiveslayer. You’re on the losing end of history, pal. How does your crow taste?
  
  Report this comment
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:09pm
  Puffer of pork Poles You parasites will lose in the end and the destruction of the country is actually worth it. Millions of you worthless pustules on society in mass graves,it’s erotica and it’s coming soon.
  Imagine, the smell of all those rotting corpses,can you smell it puffer? Smells like freedom.
  
  Report this comment
- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:13pm
  progressiveslayer, you crack me up! don’t ever change!
  
  Report this comment
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:18pm
  I’ll keep em comin puffer.
  
  Report this comment
Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:34pm
Obama’s spending. THAT is the only problem. Cut off the credit card now. IT’S OBAMA STUPID!
Obama is overspending 1.3 TRILLION a year and no amount of tax rate increase will cover that.
Obama is stealing the money from your community in all forms. that is his scheme. To starve you out by suffocating local revenues. Every penny he takes away from your community is a penny that will not be spent with your local business. Will not circulate. Will not pay taxes!
What obama is proposing is to rob you blind till you have nothing left.
Obama is a communist and an alinsky radical — What part of NO! does one not understand?

CONTRACT FOR AMERICA — In writing and voted on., 236 to 1 obama — What is your counteroffer?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- NHwinter
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:44pm
  Time for all tax paying Americans to withhold their payments in Jan. Then what would they do?
  
  Report this comment
- drs1969
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:18pm
  Drudge has a link to Telegraph about how 2/3′s of millionaires in the UK disappeared when the tax rate went up to 50%.
  
  Report this comment
Master.Debater
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:32pm
Boehner doesn’t have to do anything for tax rates to go up Jan. 1. It will happen by default.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:32pm
Oh, your such a Bon_er Johnny. You’ll fold on this and you know it. Kneel and kiss the feet of your Lord and Savior.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
doomytram
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:28pm
The GOP isn’t Raising Taxes and Obozo isn’t cutting his ridiculous leviathan that feeds on 42 cents of every dollar we borrow to stay open. ooh we that understand the ridiculous district of corruption are really surprised, wow.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
progressiveslayer
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:28pm
Ole bend over Boehner is half right,they may not raise the rates but closing loopholes and eliminating deductions combined with the hideously named ‘affordable health care law’ will raise taxes on everyone.
How do you expect to pay for a new entitlement without creating a new tax? They eviscerated medicare to pay for medicaid and that example alone is wealth redistribution. Try explaining that to your typical uneducated OBAMAZOMBIE,it can’t be done.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:50pm
  I say let the chips fall where they may and let the current rates expire for everyone. Then launch the “Obama did it” meme when the economy craters..again. Do unto Obama what he did unto you.
  
  The typical disengaged idiot who voted for Obama has no idea how the two houses of congress work, they always blame “the president” whoever he his at the time. I guarantee you he’ll be seen as ineffectual and weak if rates are allowed to expire regardless of what the enemedia tries to pull.
  
  Report this comment
- Heffe44
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:27pm
  @Progressiveslayer… you are my favorite poster on this website. I love your work. You don’t have to say if you don’t want to but i am curious. How old are you? What do you do/did for a living? What is your household income? and What state do you live in? (that last one might be tricky to answer, you never know when big brother is watching.)
  
  Report this comment
Chromo200
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:24pm
BS .. in the end he will cave in. He wants to stay in congress and get his free stuff.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- ResistSocialism
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:45pm
  for sure
  
  Report this comment
Gonzo
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:21pm
Your mouth says no, but your eyes say yes John.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
encinom
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:19pm
Rather bankruptcy the nation than raise the taxes on the wealthiest to Clinton era levels. The GOP has become the puppets of Norquist and the 1%.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Gonzo
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:34pm
  Bankrupt genius, bankrupt.
  
  Report this comment
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:34pm
  Technically we can’t go bankrupt because the lawbreakers in DC have the authority to print money to the point that it has no value. We’ll be seeing what that looks like real soon,it’s called the hidden tax,inflation,and unfortunately for us it’s going to be hyperinflation. We can’t tax our way out of this and pining for the days of that a hole Clinton won’t help because we weren’t 16 trillion in the hole then like we are now.
  
  Report this comment
- doomytram
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:36pm
  Oh Encinom spoke, like EF Hutton say’s, People Listen. NOT.
  
  Encinom, if you tax the richest 1% more then you will get less revenue because the rich will avoid paying more taxes and pass it down to YOU and ME.
  
  Encinom, if you taxed the richest 1% 100% of their total income, then you would only feed Obozo’s leviathan for a month. Then the next month it would be back to borrowing 42 cents of every dollar again.
  
  Encinom, the Federal Government needs to cut out 100′s of depts. and agencies not just slow the rate of growth. We borrow 42 cents of every dollar we bring in, in taxes, and the higher the federal government taxes the rich the lower the revenue is you bring in to the leviathan. Is this a myth or is this fact Obozo’s?
  
  Report this comment
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:43pm
  ENCINOM I know you’re an OBAMAZOMBIE but you might still be salvageable unless you’ve completely turned like the zombies on the walking dead TV show. So here’s a clip for you describing the Laffer curve,enjoy.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-20uNGywY-Q
  
  Report this comment
- NHwinter
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:46pm
  Bankrupting the country is an offense that is impeachable. Obama could be impeached for that! Its in the Constitution.
  
  Report this comment
- TheWhiteFalcon
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:09pm
  I’d be fine if we had the Clinton tax rates, if we got the Clinton-sized government to go with it. That means no Obummercare, no DHS, no massive welfare spending, no Dodd Frank, etc.
  
  Sounds like a fair trade to me.
  
  Report this comment
- truthnstuff
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:10pm
  Encinom…I have always wondered if lefties/Marxists were ignorant or just plain stupid. I think you have provided empirical data, based on time spent lurking, that it is, it is……..stupidity. That is what 0bama counts on.
  
  Report this comment
- Hoax And Chains
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:54pm
  And you are a puppet of government handouts. Hold your head up high, drool cup!
  
  Report this comment
- AvengerK
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:46pm
  ENCIDIOT…would you please consult with your other two personalities MONICNE and SLEAZY HIPPO before posting? Perhaps between your three personas (ok…at least three) you can learn to spell “bankrupt”?
  By the way…please tell me how much debt will be erased by raising the taxes of your “1%”? Remembering of course that the debt keeps growing because government keeps spending.
  Illuminate us with your “sage” understanding of tax and debt.
  
  Report this comment
- Troll Patrol
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 8:38pm
  @ Encinom
  
  Troll Patrol is advising readers to ignore you!
  
  Troll: one who posts a deliberately provocative, false or misleading comment with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.
  
  Tempus fugit.
  
  Report this comment
- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:29am
  @encinom –
  
  Problem is our spending levels aren’t the same as the Clinton Era. I’m all for it if you can get our spending back down. Otherwise, its all show for those who don’t think things through.
  
  Report this comment
resme
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:19pm
‘We’re Not Raising Rates’ We will raise “revenue”…

We already have a hidden tax It’s called the inflation.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.