president s demand is simply that republicans support closing agree tax loop holes, get away with murder, legal tax murder, but the republicans consider closing loop holes, even the ones being stretched far beyond their intended scope to be exactly the same thing as raising income tax rates, which, of course, to any sane mind, it isn t. today in the senate, harry reid made income tax rates the issue, specifically one rate, just the top income tax rate, and why there should be a new top income tax bracket for people with incomes over a million dollars. reid brought this issue to a vote in the senate with a
income tax bracket. as a country that values fairness, wealthier individuals have traditionally borne a greater share of this burden than the middle class, or those less fortunate. it s a basic reflection of our belief that those who have benefited most from our way of life can afford to give back a little bit more. moreover, this belief hasn t hindered the success of those at the top of the income scale. they continue to do better and better with each passing year. speaker boehner has said that tax increases are a nonstarter. but maybe republican lawmakers should rewrite what they think they know about the rank and file members of their party, particularly when it comes to more taxes for the rich. congressman paul ryan learned that the hard way on tuesday.
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increases are off the table, not to be discussed, never. don t even think about it, no matter what. so successful is grover norquist s lock on republican thinking that it has extended its influence to democratic party thinking, including president obama s thinking. when george w. bush came into office, he proposed cutting every income tax rate from the top income tax bracket down to the bottom tax bracket. and congress did so. even though the country had thrived under the clinton income tax brackets. the democrats position and the president s position is now to restore only one, only one of the clinton tax brackets, the top bracket. the democrats agree with grover norquist and the republicans on virtually everything else in the tax code. that is how profoundly effective the grover norquist anti-taxç campaign has been, total mind
to be discussed, never. don t even think about it, no matter what. so successful is grover ç norquist s lock on republican thinking that it has extended its influence to democratic party thinking, including president obama s thinking. when george w. bush came into office, he proposed cutting every income tax rate from the top income tax bracket down to the bottom tax bracket. and congress did so. even though the country had thrived under the clinton income tax brackets. the democrats position and the president s position is now to restore only one, only one of the clinton tax brackets, the top bracket. the democrats agree with grover norquist and the republicans on virtually everything else in the tax code. that is how profoundly effective the grover norquist anti-tax campaign has been, total mind control over republicans and partial mind control over