In response to:

Boehner on Obama Tax Plan: "You Can't Be Serious"

HarryReidsAGreatAmerican Wrote: Dec 02, 2012 11:35 PM
"The shift from depending on self and family to depending on government is hardly akin to progress from stagecoaches to modern transportation." Nevertheless, it is a transformation that has taken place and, more importantly, taken hold.
scrow Wrote: Dec 02, 2012 11:36 PM
And why is it a desirable transformation?
HarryReidsAGreatAmerican Wrote: Dec 02, 2012 11:39 PM
I did not say it was desirable. I think denying its occurrence, or flirting with the idea that it is reversible, is foolhardy. In large segments of the population there isn't even a functional family unit anymore.
The Obama Administration proposal to fix the "fiscal cliff" coming at the end of the year called for $1.6 trillion in tax hikes over current policy. House Speaker John Boehner said he was "flabbergasted" when presented with the proposal this week.

Boehner tells "Fox News Sunday" that after Geithner briefed him privately on Thursday, he looked at Geithner and said, "You can't be serious." Boehner called it "silliness" that the White House was, among other things, asking Congress to give up its power to set the nation's debt limit.

Earlier today, Geithner insisted that the Obama...

Sunday, May 26 | 05:26 AM ET
Sunday, May 26 | 05:26 AM ET
Sunday, May 26 | 05:26 AM ET
Sunday, May 26 | 05:26 AM ET