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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPelosi: Bring Middle-Income Tax Cuts to the Floor
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/pelosi-bring-middle-income-tax-cuts-to-the-floor-20120520House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., challenged House Republicans to bring middle-income tax credits up for an immediate vote, setting up another round of fights over government spending between Democrats and Republicans.
I challenge the speaker right now to bring the middle income tax cuts to the floor, Pelosi said on ABCs This Week. I think it would be a clear signal that the upper end tax cuts for the wealthy will expire, because the middle income tax cuts will not be held hostage to those.
Pelosi said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and his fellow Republicans were not being responsible or mature when it came to discussions over the federal deficit.
Pelosi also voiced strong confidence in Democrats ability to gain seats in the 2012 election.
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Pelosi: Bring Middle-Income Tax Cuts to the Floor (Original Post)
cal04
May 2012
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Rescind the Bush tax cuts, put 1950 rates EXCEPT for those making 250k or less.
Woody Woodpecker
May 2012
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Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)1. K & R
kentuck
(111,103 posts)2. What middle-income tax cuts??
Is she talking about the Bush tax cuts and those folks making less than $250,000 ??
Woody Woodpecker
(562 posts)4. Rescind the Bush tax cuts, put 1950 rates EXCEPT for those making 250k or less.
and give them a tax break, a massive one, enough to restart the economic engine.
The breaks can come from the 1% this time, as they can pay for their mistakes.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)3. We don't need more tax cuts.
We need to go back to the Clinton levels across the board and go even higher on the top. Double capital gains. I see the politics here but we should be dealing with reality.