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Boehner’s Offer: We’ll Only Raise Taxes On Millionaires If You Let Us Cut Medicare Benefits [View all]
Sounds so fair, right? Especially when the tax cuts are EXPIRING ANYWAY!
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) presented his latest offer to President Obama on Friday. Boehner is offering to agree to a tax rate increase on millionaires only if Democrats agree to major cuts in Medicare and Social Security benefits through a possible combination of a benefit-cutting “chained CPI” and hiking the retirement age.
Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/boehners-latest-offer-well-only-raise-taxes-on-millionaires-if-you-let-us-cut-seniors-medicare-benefits/
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