I sure hope they're right.
Some in GOP urge lawmakers to back tax hikes for changes in safety net programs
Quote from it:
“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.
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"Such views are reverberating on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a champion of smaller government, on Wednesday became the latest voice to join the chorus.
“Personally, I know we have to raise revenue. I don’t really care which way we do it. Actually, I would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way, because it gives us a greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future,” Coburn said on MSNBC."
Coburn even admitted that the government needed more revenue when he was on the failed supercommittee that couldn't come up with a plan to avoid the sequestration mess we're facing now, because the GOP House nixed any plan that was reasonable and balanced. So now they're reaping what they sow, and Coburn still, astonishingly, sounds like a voice of reason and sanity. As if that was something that the GOP could actually USE.
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