Robert Reich: Boehner’s Failure and the GOP’s Disgrace
Boehners Failure and the GOPs Disgrace
Remarkably, John Boehner couldnt get enough House Republicans to vote in favor of his proposal to keep the Bush tax cuts in place on the first million dollars of everyones income and apply the old Clinton rates only to dollars over and above a million.
What? Even Grover Norquist blessed Boehners proposal, saying it wasnt really a tax increase. Even Paul Ryan supported it.
What does Boehners failure tell us about the modern Republican party?
That it has become a party of hypocrisy masquerading as principled ideology. The GOP talks endlessly about the importance of reducing the budget deficit. But it isnt even willing to raise revenues from the richest three-tenths of one percent of Americans to help with the task. Were talking about 400,000 people, for crying out loud.
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The only reason some of these assholes supported Boehner's plan was because it inflicted severe pain on low income Americans.