but just more of the same. the conversations that the staff had yesterday, just more of the same. it s time for the president, if east serious, to come back to us with a counteroffer. not a no on the rates going. up thing. john boehner didn t answer the tax part of the question at all. he talked about the phone call. it was pleasant. he didn t say we did not allow tax rates to go up at all. you see the deal that s taking place. a lot of the players i talked to think something like this is going to happen. the final rates raise a bit giving democrats a win. giving republicans a win. maybe they will be 37%. maybe 38%. that won t raise enough revenue so it will be combined with policy to cap deductions for the rich. that won t take effect right
had yesterday, just more of the same. it s time for the president, if he s serious, to come back to us with a counteroffer. not a no on the rates going. up thing. john boehner didn t answer the tax part of the question at all. he talked about the phone call. it was pleasant. he didn t say we did not allow tax rates to go up at all. you see the deal that s taking place. a lot of the players i talked to think something like this is going to happen. the final rates raise a bit giving democrats a win. giving republicans a win. maybe they will be 37%. maybe 38%. that won t raise enough revenue so it will be combined with policy to cap tax deductions for the rich. that won t take effect right away. it will be phased in. it will probably include an