Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the second-ranking Republican in the House, featured prominently in all the reports saying his party was open to tax reform, but absolutely opposed to any increase in taxes. As quoted in Politico:
“We have said all along that preference in the code are not something that helps economic growth over all. But, listen, we are not for any proposal that increases taxes. Any type of discussion should be coupled with offsetting tax cuts somewhere else.”
While the Times reported Cantor’s comments fairly straight, the Post and Journal stories suggested Cantor’s comments suggested a new degree of Republican “flexibility.”
Kudos to Politico’s Rogers for rising above Cantor’s rhetoric said to point out that:
Quite apart from ideology or the economy, the simple arithmetic of the budget makes it hard for the GOP to meets its own goals without revenues.
End Health Greed As We Know It, Not Medicare
Medicare does not need to be cut. Eradication of fraud and waste would fund medically necessary health care for all Americans. Special interests have hijacked Medicare by rationing healthcare of the taxpayers who fund it.
Obama believes that the privileged have more health care rights than plain folks Americans. He used Kaiser Permanente as the model for health reform, because the HMO has scammed non-privileged patients for 60+ years. Obama is “bending the cost curve,” but breaking the patients and destroying the doctor- patient relationship.
Kaiser can pay for medically necessary care for all patients, but the HMO rations, forcing patients to sue to get what they and the taxpayers paid for in advance. Kaiser Permanente’s Managing Director of Investments supervises the HMO’s $40 billion non-profit slush fund, all income from which is non-taxable.
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Robert Finney PhD
#1 Posted by Robert Finney PhD, CJR on Thu 7 Jul 2011 at 04:36 PM
Day of Rage in D.C.
http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/462/358/Americans_Demand_for_Redress_of_Grievances_or_Day_of_Rage_in_Washington_D.C._on_October_6th,_2011.htm
#2 Posted by Joseph Zrnchik, MAJ (Ret.), CJR on Fri 8 Jul 2011 at 12:28 AM