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3. Cry me a river Boner

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:13 PM

Aug 2012

More truthfully "The president wants to raise taxes on the so-called rich," said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). "Well, let me tell you who the so-called rich are. Me! And most of my fellow congressmen and Senators. There's no way we will vote to raise taxes on ourselves!"

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Obama Tax Cuts Rejected In House [View all] Galraedia Aug 2012 OP

A blatant slap in the face to the middle class liberal N proud Aug 2012 #1

19 Dems joined in the fun! jpbollma Aug 2012 #2

Useless Blue Dog scumbags nt Teamster Jeff Aug 2012 #4

What will they tell the people back home when they hit the campaign trail ? may3rd Aug 2012 #7

Need to primary the Blue Dogs harun Aug 2012 #26

Absolutely! Names and districts please jinx1 Aug 2012 #41

Meet the pro-Bush tax rate Dems douglas9 Aug 2012 #42

Thanks for posting the list. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2012 #45

Do you have the roll call list? geardaddy Aug 2012 #40

Not a slap, more like they pulled their pants down and told us to kiss their 1% ass. nt cstanleytech Aug 2012 #5

And if they theft the White House that will be the first of many slaps to come. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2012 #9

Cry me a river Boner n2doc Aug 2012 #3

Fine. Let them ALL expire. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #6

Time is running out with only THREE months left to introduce anything that resembles a tax plan may3rd Aug 2012 #8

No need. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #19

We wish, won't happen though. harun Aug 2012 #27

I think most Americans would support a higher bracket for the ultra rich. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #33

They always obfuscate the issue. It is SOP. harun Aug 2012 #43

Actually it's 6 brackets. Angleae Aug 2012 #36

I was going by Reagan's original speech. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #39

There are six brackets, not three jmowreader Aug 2012 #37

wrong... dtom67 Aug 2012 #10

More like cantor, imo, dtom. elleng Aug 2012 #13

Very few "small" business owners make over 250k after deductions and expenses Marrah_G Aug 2012 #11

Hell, I'd ecstatic to net a TENTH of that in this economy. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #29

My boss even said he would be THRILLED to have to pay a few percentages more Marrah_G Aug 2012 #32

Yep, I'd gladly pay. How much freakin' money does a person NEED?? kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #34

PERFECT! elleng Aug 2012 #12

Let them all expire... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #14

I agree! caveat_imperator Aug 2012 #15

We seemed to have more jobs than workers then... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #18

The House is more like Earache my Eye methodman Aug 2012 #16

More of the Same. elbloggoZY27 Aug 2012 #17

revolting! nt and-justice-for-all Aug 2012 #20

So House Republicans Just Voted To Increase Taxes On DallasNE Aug 2012 #21

You know how this is going to work already, but I'll tell you anyway. jmowreader Aug 2012 #38

Nearly EVERY REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS has voted against it now. sofa king Aug 2012 #22

These are the same tax cuts APPROVED by Democratic Congress and signed by Democratic prez in 2010. Psephos Aug 2012 #23

I guess you haven't seen it yet. sofa king Aug 2012 #35

I think you don't understand their SOP argument that the media will back them on enough TheKentuckian Aug 2012 #44

Oh, John, you still don't get it. DCKit Aug 2012 #24

Hope it's to their demise!! liberallibral Aug 2012 #25

As a marginally middle class small (tiny) business owner, I am one of kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #28

There's a fucking surprise..hey Boner, anyone making over $250k a year can swap checks... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #30

millions? heaven05 Aug 2012 #31