and any ground won in that march toward lower and lower tax rates must never ever be given up. so john boehner s and mitch mcconnell s singular task now is simply to keep tax rates out of the political reach of democrats, as long as the republicans keep hiding the tax rates ball, the democrats will only be allowed to play with the spending cuts ball, to try to reduce the deficit. and that is why, in this, the first 21st century round of the deficit reduction game in washington, the republicans have already won. ronald reagan never dreamed the republicans could initiate a debate and actually vote on a bill that dismantles medicare,
and any ground won in that march toward lower and lower tax rates must never ever be given up. so john boehner s and mitch mcconnell s singular task now is simply to keep tax rates out of the political reach of democrats, as long as the republicans keep hiding the tax rates ball, the democrats will only be allowed to play with the spending cuts ball, to try to reduce the deficit. and that is why, in this, the first 21st century round of the deficit reduction game in washington, the republicans have already won. ronald reagan never dreamed the republicans could initiate a debate and actually vote on a bill that dismantles medicare,
never ever be too low. and any ground won in that march toward lower and lower tax rates must never ever be given up. so john boehner s and mitch mcconnell s singular task now is simply to keep tax rates out of the political reach of democrats, as long as the republicans keep hiding the tax rates ball, the democrats will only be allowed to play with the spending cuts ball, to try to reduce the deficit. and that is why, in this, the first 21st century round of the deficit reduction game in washington, the republicans have already won. ronald reagan never dreamed the republicans could initiate a debate and actually vote on a bill that dismantles medicare, and be applauded as serious for doing so.
at the beginning of the tea party, get the government off of my medicare, well, she s saying to paul ryan, government, stay away from my medicare, and medicare has been the most successful social program other than social security i think in the history of the world. and everyone gets it, including tea party-ites. the suburban republican congressman in philadelphia who voted for the ryan plan has to be very, very unhappy tonight. given the type of numbers and the type of response that we re both talking about here. one thing that mystifies me still is what s happening not with the president, because i think the president s message lines up with the common sense political strategy here. what s happening with democrats in congress. democrats in congress are talking about trying to find some middle ground between the president s proposal and paul ryan s proposal. even dick durbin, real ally of
bill. not one. according to the new orleans times picayune, a grand total of 101 such bills have been introduced in this congress. not one of them has passed. democratic congressman ed markey of massachusetts has interest g introduced a number of these bills, trying to toughen up the oil industry. whistle-blower protections for oil industry employees who disclose safety violations at rigs. tying drilling permits to the oil industry investing in better cleanup technology. none of those bills have become law. what has been done in congress, regarding the oil industry in the last year, what s happened? well, last week, house republicans passed their big paul ryan budget plan. that legislation, which dismantles medicare and calls for drastic cuts in food stamps for low income americans, that budget still manages to pay out 40 billionรง dollars in taxpaye subsidies to oil companies. no money to pay for health