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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Susan Ferrechio at The Washington Examiner sumarizes the current state of “
fiscal cliff” negotiations:
The White House on Thursday offered House Republicans a deal that would
raise $1.6 trillion in tax revenue in exchange for $400 billion in spending
cuts that would “come later,” according to a top GOP aide.
Not surprisingly, the deal isn’t sitting well with Republicans. One
called the offer “a joke.”
The deal, which Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner offered in separate
visits with House and Senate leaders on Thursday, also would allow for
nation’s debt limit to increase without any additional cuts or reforms,
something Republicans oppose.
The deal would also include other goodies for the Democrats, such as new
stimulus spending, according to the GOP aide.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters he was disappointed
in the Geithner offer.
As Charles Krauthammer notes, “Robert E. Lee was offered easier terms at
Appomattox, and he lost the Civil War.” The offer is laughable.
If this is the kind of “negotiating” the Obama administration is planning
on sticking with Republicans (and the country) would be better served
letting the sequestration cuts occur as scheduled and simply walking away.
Doing this behind closed doors isn’t doing anyone any good. It’s time to
pull back the curtain on this clusterf#%k… | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 White House seeks tax hike now, spending cuts later
The White House on Thursday offered House Republicans a deal that would
raise $1.6 trillion in tax revenue in exchange for $400 billion in spending
cuts that would "come later," according to a top GOP aide.
Not surprisingly, the deal isn't sitting well with Republicans. One called
the offer "a joke."
The deal, which Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner offered in separate
visits with House and Senate leaders on Thursday, also would allow for
nation's debt limit to increase without any additional cuts or reforms,
something Republicans oppose.
The deal would also include other goodies for the Democrats, such as new
stimulus spending, according to the GOP aide.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters he was disappointed in
the Geithner offer.
The Republican aide, familiar with the on-going negotiations on the so-
called fiscal cliff, said that the Obama administration has been offering
only what "amounts to little more than reiterating the president's budget
request - which failed to get a single vote in the House or Senate."
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