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cali

(114,904 posts) Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:14 PM Jul 2013

Shocker: President Obama's newest 'Grand Bargain', lands with a thud [View all]

I mean who could have predicted this- other than just about everyone.

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But even with the dimensions of the new plan unknown, the idea landed with a thud on Capitol Hill as word spread Tuesday morning.

House Republicans have long opposed a tax overhaul that changes the code for corporations but not for individuals. Owners of small businesses who use the individual tax code would be at a disadvantage if only the corporate tax rate were cut, they say.

The GOP has also insisted that corporate tax reform be “revenue neutral,” not raising money for job creation or any other goal, said Brendan Buck, press secretary for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

“After offering us two things he knows we oppose, the president is asking for additional stimulus spending which, as you know, we also oppose,” Buck said in an email on Tuesday.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-new-grand-bargain-20130730,0,2137456.story

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Shocker: President Obama's newest 'Grand Bargain', lands with a thud [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

Of Course, Ma'am: That Is Why These Are Floated In The First Place The Magistrate Jul 2013 #1

I doubt that that's the intent, or at least the main gist of it cali Jul 2013 #5

You Are Turning Into A Parody Of Yourself, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2013 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jul 2013 #16

+1 Cronus Protagonist Jul 2013 #18

With a lot of spare time, apparently LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #24

Judging by their relative post counts... ljm2002 Jul 2013 #36

something you've been of yourself for years and years cali Jul 2013 #39

You Need To Write Your Own Lines, Ma'am, If You Want To Prevail In An Exercise Of That Sort The Magistrate Jul 2013 #41

+1 JaneyVee Jul 2013 #7

I agree that is the operating theory cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #12

That, Sir, is Certainly An Arguable Point The Magistrate Jul 2013 #14

Republicans have not refused to accept anything. They accepted the jobs creating "free trade" AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #13

Why do you let rethugs off the hook so readily? Very puzzling for a Dem site. babylonsister Jul 2013 #23

Very puzzling that anyone would think that this is letting rethugs off the hook for anything. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #25

Exactly, the repubs are using the debt ceiling as... lyonn Jul 2013 #35

That's it in a nut shell! Perfect! Auntie Bush Jul 2013 #45

Nicely stated. KoKo Jul 2013 #32

I think that if that is the strategy they are pursuing, they aren't going about it in the right way n2doc Jul 2013 #15

People are getting tired of the play acting and the pretense of caring matthews Jul 2013 #28

+2 sheshe2 Jul 2013 #17

"Not the Republican" is a losing strategy for 2014. If Democrats want to win in 2014, they ... Scuba Jul 2013 #47

Republicans need to see what their PUG whore leaders really look like think Jul 2013 #2

I suspect this wasnt a shocker to the President either. DCBob Jul 2013 #3

We're still suffering under a sequester. I am not impressed with this "strategy." morningfog Jul 2013 #6

As I said the situation seems different this time. DCBob Jul 2013 #10

One big difference- Obama isn't running for re-election n2doc Jul 2013 #31

Obama's concessions and the predictable Republican Broward Jul 2013 #4

If you were Obama, what would you do instead? tridim Jul 2013 #34

American Taliban. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #8

If a broken clock is right twice a day mick063 Jul 2013 #11

Who will help the poor billionaires? Octafish Jul 2013 #19

Sad but true lyonn Jul 2013 #38

Since the Balloon crashed and burned, expect what he really proposes to lean even further Right ... Myrina Jul 2013 #20

+1000 forestpath Jul 2013 #27

Me too. n/t truedelphi Jul 2013 #33

Actual Headline "Obama to offer new 'grand bargain' on taxes, infrastructure projects" snooper2 Jul 2013 #21

So are you suggesting that Obama shouldn't even have tried? pnwmom Jul 2013 #22

He keeps getting burned AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #29

Or maybe the suggestion is... ljm2002 Jul 2013 #37

Wrong in what way? Boehner's objecting because he thinks it might raise business taxes. pnwmom Jul 2013 #40

You asked, and I quote: ljm2002 Jul 2013 #42

You said "futile and wrong." So how is it changing the subject to ask "wrong in what way"? n/t pnwmom Jul 2013 #44

I suggested a different interpretation... ljm2002 Jul 2013 #46

Starve the beast OLDBRO Jul 2013 #26

I don't know who could have seen that coming. ~nt 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #30

Problem with that new thing of his... Xyzse Jul 2013 #43