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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPatty Murray: If GOP Refuses All Tax Hikes, We’ll Let Them Go Up And Start Over
Patty Murray: If GOP Refuses All Tax Hikes, Well Let Them Go Up And Start Over
Appearing Sunday on ABC's "This Week" Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a member of the Democratic leadership, telegraphed her party's intentions if Republicans refuse to accept a tax increase on the wealthy.
" T)o solve this problem, the wealthiest Americans have to pay their fair share too," she said. "If the Republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of this year where all the tax cuts expire and we'll start over next year, and whatever we do will be a tax cut for whatever package we put together. That may be the way to get past this."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/patty-murray-if-gop-refuses-all-tax-hikes
Appearing Sunday on ABC's "This Week" Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a member of the Democratic leadership, telegraphed her party's intentions if Republicans refuse to accept a tax increase on the wealthy.
" T)o solve this problem, the wealthiest Americans have to pay their fair share too," she said. "If the Republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of this year where all the tax cuts expire and we'll start over next year, and whatever we do will be a tax cut for whatever package we put together. That may be the way to get past this."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/patty-murray-if-gop-refuses-all-tax-hikes
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Patty Murray: If GOP Refuses All Tax Hikes, We’ll Let Them Go Up And Start Over (Original Post)
ProSense
Nov 2012
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good; various progressives have been recommending this all week; simply do nothing; but it 's crucia
amborin
Nov 2012
#2
we saw their reaction to standing firm on the wealthy cuts vs. the middle class cuts
bigtree
Nov 2012
#6
please tell me she is in charge of negotiations because this is how you do it.
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2012
#7
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)1. I am thinking Senator Murray should be in the driver's seat.
Maybe she already is.
amborin
(16,631 posts)2. good; various progressives have been recommending this all week; simply do nothing; but it 's crucia
to explain to the electorate that the cliff is just media hype, and that doing nothing is the best resonse to
republican tactics
Brother Buzz
(36,448 posts)3. I understand Obama has a pen in hand...waiting
Ball in Boehner court.
JackN415
(924 posts)4. I'm all for that even before the election (I assumed Obama re-elected)...
I was pissed off at House Repub and was thinking let them have it!
Let tax cut expire, then re-introduce part of Job Bills + tax cut for middle class again. Will see if the Repubs dare to be obstructionists this time.
bigtree
(86,000 posts)6. we saw their reaction to standing firm on the wealthy cuts vs. the middle class cuts
We saw that in the fight over the payroll tax cut where the entire republican party folded. Sen. Murray is very correct.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)7. please tell me she is in charge of negotiations because this is how you do it.
John2
(2,730 posts)8. Here, Here!
She has a bright future in the Democratic Party.