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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Sequester 2013: Senate Fails To Avert Major Spending Cuts


Last month, the senate minority leader Mitch McConnell became the first U.S. Senator in American History to filibuster his own bill, which he submitted in the well of the Senate chambers.



I think the president has a solution. I think the GOP, for a lot of reasons, has built it's platform on obstruction. Because of that, I expect the President to hold firm. I don't think the GOP idea is better. I think it's the best they can offer right now.



I'm what you might call rich. We don't pay more. There are a ton of people in this country who run out of quarters at the end of the month. I don't. I also don't demonize the poor or the unemployed. No one wants to be either.



The tax cuts initiated in the Bush era were the beginning of the red ink. Tax rates for the wealthy need to return to pre-bush levels. When a gentleman like Romney pays 13% marginal, it's time to reset.



As to evading taxes, the rich can afford top notch accountants and contribute generously to the congressional effort to set taxes.



Being a republican today is simply embarrassing......!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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