gingrich said much the same thing on fox news sunday, that republicans have got to pass any tax cut as long as there s no tax hike attached to it to fund it, that anything that would allow the white house to get behind the tax cut has to be passed by republicans who want to be in the posture of saying, we support tax cuts for the american middle class, but what the white house has done is put republicans in a posture, now, i think the president and the democrats are going to be able to say we delivered for middle class voters, and we protected you against tax cuts for the very rich. that s not i mean, to me this is smart mre politics by the white house, a last gasp effort because they ve got nothing else going at the moment as we approach november. it seems to me the first time the republicans are on the defensive and the white house can go out and say boehner versus mcconnell, you know, forget the conservative democrats that you mentioned, by the way. bret: right. they re not in
hold back. the democrats have the table to bill. there s no bill. bret: there s no bill except for the bill that mcconnell put forward today. make the democrats step forward with their bill and insist on an up or down where you get a vote on both bodies on a full no tax hike versus the democrats. but now the democrats to say then that republicans are blocking a tax cut for most americans and in response to you, they re offing tax cuts to small business specifically. i don t know what economists you guys are checking with, but it seems to me the 1 or 2% of americans who make more than 250 are not 50% of america s small businesses owners. targeted, limited, deck tated and ineffective. let them have the money. it s a tax cut, a tax cut for business and i might ad, democrats are going to go after globalization and this is an economic offensive by the democrats in the fall. bret: last word, bill. and look, given how
hold back. the democrats have the table to bill. there s no bill. bret: there s no bill except for the bill that mcconnell put forward today. make the democrats step forward with their bill and insist on an up or down where you get a vote on both bodies on a full no tax hike versus the democrats. but now the democrats to say then that republicans are blocking a tax cut for most americans and in response to you, they re offing tax cuts to small business specifically. i don t know what economists you guys are checking with, but it seems to me the 1 or 2% of americans who make more than 250 are not 50% of america s small businesses owners. targeted, limited, deck tated and ineffective. let them have the money. it s a tax cut, a tax cut for business and i might ad, democrats are going to go after globalization and this is an economic offensive by the democrats in the fall. bret: last word, bill. and look, given how
gingrich said much the same thing on fox news sunday, that republicans have got to pass any tax cut as long as there s no tax hike attached to it to fund it, that anything that would allow the white house to get behind the tax cut has to be passed by republicans who want to be in the posture of saying, we support tax cuts for the american middle class, but what the white house has done is put republicans in a posture, now, i think the president and the democrats are going to be able to say we delivered for middle class voters, and we protected you against tax cuts for the very rich. that s not i mean, to me this is smart mre politics by the white house, a last gasp effort because they ve got nothing else going at the moment as we approach november. it seems to me the first time the republicans are on the defensive and the white house can go out and say boehner versus mcconnell, you know, forget the conservative democrats that you mentioned, by the way. bret: right. they re not in