*** Willing to concede -- but in order to get something in return: Relatedly, the Washington Post reports that Republican centrists and even some conservatives are calling on Boehner “to concede on rates now, while he still has some leverage to demand something in return. Republicans are eager to win changes to fast-growing safety-net programs, such as raising the eligibility age for Medicare and applying a less-generous measure of inflation to Social Security benefits.” More: “‘I and some others are advocating giving the president what he wants,’ said Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio). But he stressed that this must be part of a package that slows federal borrowing and reduces the debt by $4 trillion to $5 trillion. ‘Quite frankly, some people in this 2 percent who call me, they’re more worried about the fiscal cliff than about the rates going up a couple points. That has bigger risk for them,’ said LaTourette, a close Boehner ally who is retiring in January.”
The real Dem vs Repub argument is We will pay more taxes but we want spending reduced.
I think that is a FAIR AND BALANCED APPROACH.... It's a RESPONSIBLE approach.
Let's not argue about who started what and who's to blame.... Let's just get busy and SOLVE the problems.
Like my old desk sign used to ask.... "Are you part of the problem or part of the solution".
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