Boehner's Powerpoint - "Effectively impossible for joint committee to raise taxes"

[Ruby the Liberal]

See slide #2.

http://www.speaker.gov/UploadedFiles/3-7-31-11-Debt-Framework-Boehner.pdf

[adhd_what_huh]

1. slide two refers to the 1st 1 Trillion and the phrase

no new net taxes, just means you cannot make up new taxes, but does not preclude the reduction of loop holes.

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. Not how Lord Norquist ordered it framed.

If they didn't define 'ending the Bush tax cuts' as 'raising taxes on job creators', I would buy that. They framed it, and this is how they continue to sell it.

[HereSince1628]

3. Hey, this is n-dimensional chess...the loser always thinks he's a winner

and the winner always looks like a loser.

Every direction appears to be BETTER than the one we are headed in, but always turns out to be SOUTH.