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this is approach is also bipartisan. while many in my party aren t happy with the painful cuts it makes, enough will be willing to accept them if the burden is fairly shared. while republicans might like to see deeper cuts and no revenue at all, there are many in the senate who have said, yes, i m willing to put politics aside and consider this approach, because i care about solving the problem. and to his credit, this is the kind of approach the republican speaker of the house john boehner, was working on, with me, over the last several weeks. the only reason this balanced approach isn t on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach. a cuts-only approach. an approach that doesn t ask the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to contribute anything at all. and because nothing is asked of those at the top of the
happy with the painful cuts it makes, enough will be willing to accept them if the burden is fairly shared. while republicans might like to see deeper cuts and no revenue at all, there are many in the senate who have said, yes, i m willing to put politics aside and consider this approach, because i care about solving the problem. and to his credit, this is the kind of approach the republican speaker of the house john boehner, was working on, with me, over the last several weeks. the only reason this balanced approach isn t on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach. a cuts-only approach. an approach that doesn t ask the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to contribute anything at all. and because nothing is asked of those at the top of the income scale, such an approach would close the deficit only with more severe cuts to
income scale, such an approach would close the deficit only with more severe cuts to programs we all care about. cuts that place a greater burden on working families. so, the debate right now isn t about whether we need to make tough choices. democrats and republicans agree on the amount of deficit reduction we need. the debate is about how it should be done. most americans regardless of political party don t understand how we can ask a senior to pay more for her medicare before we ask a corporate jet owner or the oil company to give up tax breaks that other companies don t get. how can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask hedge fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries? how can we shrafp funding for education and clean slash funding for education and clean energy before we ask people like me to give up tax breaks we don t need and
income scale, such an approach would close the deficit only with more severe cuts to programs we all care about. cuts that place a greater burden on working families. so, the debate right now isn t about whether we need to make tough choices. democrats and republicans agree on the amount of deficit reduction we need. the debate is about how it should be done. most americans regardless of political party don t understand how we can ask a senior to pay more for her medicare before we ask a corporate jet owner or the oil company to give up tax breaks that other companies don t get. how can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask hedge fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries? how can we shrafp funding for education and clean slash funding for education and clean energy before we ask people like me to give up tax breaks we don t need and didn t ask for?