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Title: Boehner Extends Olive Branch on 'Fiscal Cliff' (tax increases)
Source:
CNBC
URL Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/49731550
Published: Nov 7, 2012
Author: Reuters
Post Date: 2012-11-07 17:54:49 by Hondo68
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Keywords: want you to lead, a balanced approach, will include higher taxes
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Comments: 133
House Speaker John Boehner offered Wednesday to pursue a deal with a victorious President Barack Obama that will include higher taxes "under the right conditions" to help reduce the nation's staggering debt and put its finances in order. "Mr. President, this is your moment," Boehner told reporters, speaking about the "fiscal cliff" that will hit in January. "We want you to lead." Poster Comment: He's ready to be lead to Obama's lame duck a$$, so he can kiss it.
Boehner said House Republicans are asking Obama "to make good on a balanced approach" that would including spending cuts and address government social benefit programs.
"Let's find the common ground that has eluded us," Boehner said while congratulating the president on winning a second term. (Read more: Obama Re-elected as Crucial Ohio Goes His Way.)
The Ohio Republican spoke a day after the president's clear re-election victory. He said conditions on higher taxes would include a revamped tax code to make it cleaner and fairer, fewer loopholes and lower rates for all.
The speaker noted that during one-on-one budget talks with the president in the summer of 2011, Obama had "endorsed the idea of tax reform and lower rates, including a top rate of lower than 35 percent," the present top rate.
"We're closer than we think to the critical mass needed legislatively to get tax reform done," he said. (Read more: Alarm on Wall Street Grows as 'Fiscal Cliff' Nears.)
Boehner did not specify what loopholes House Republicans might consider trimming. Nor did he take questions.
His comments were generally along the lines of proposals by vanquished Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that also were vague on specifics. Still, the speaker's comments signaled a willingness to enter into talks. He suggested Congress could use its upcoming lame-duck session to get the ball moving on such a compromise.
"We can't solve the problem of our fiscal imbalance overnight...This is going to take time," he said.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
He just couldn't wait to kiss the ring of the king, could he. What a worthless POS.
Has he started bawling yet?
Damn! I figured you weren't going to talk to me again after I told the truth about your favorite socialist, Andy Griffith. Hold on, while I figure out how to be an even bigger asshole.
? I've forgot that exchange but that said, I'm really not the 'chatty' type.
Then go away. I have no desire for nor inclination towards any exchange with an idiot. Ya feel me?
Ya feel me? Bitter, bitter, bitter aren't 'Weeeee'.... Whatever...but I'm not 'going away' so you might ought put me on the bozo filter. Currently at '4' and would welcome the bump up to '5'. {{{chuckle}}}
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#2. To: We The People (#1)
#3. To: Brian S (#2)
#4. To: We The People (#3)
Damn! I figured you weren't going to talk to me again after I told the truth about your favorite socialist, Andy Griffith.
#5. To: Brian S (#4)
#9. To: We The People (#5)
I have no desire for nor inclination towards any exchange with an idiot.
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