boehner s $800 billion tax hike will destroy american jobs. yes, he said speaker boehner. one party proposes increase in an effort to counter them. the other party s leadership proposes, wait for it, $800 billion in tax increases and then former alaska governor sarah palin blasting boehner s decision to remove some conservatives from plum house committee assignments writing, come on now, gop. don t go wobbly on us. congressman jim jordan, an influential group of conservatives criticized the boehner plan. the problem i have with the republican proposal, frankly, is that it does raise taxes. the thing we need is economic growth. you re not going to grow the economy, put in place a framework conducive to job creation if you re raising ta s taxes. oklahoma senator tom coburn said conservative criticism