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Of the stuff in the bills from the tax enpen dithers and stimulus spending that charles is talking about to the tax hikes at a time when the economy isn t taking off. that doesn t sound like a great overall package. if would be like if i ordered a huge plate of nachos right now and pointed to the tomato as the nutritional value. we should focus on the tomato. bret: i think i have seen this happen. and the sauce and jalapenos. those are vegetables. a huge plate of nachos isn t good for you. focusing on the tomato doesn t make it any better for you. it is just focusing on the tomato. bret: there is something about the tax cuts being and liberal democrats arguing that the bush era tax cuts are going to help the economy, that is that some conservatives find refreshing. there is sort of a fun hypocrisy pop if you are a conservative or in favor of bush tax rates for the last decade and you know how ....
For mr. henry. and civilized my goodness, bob. it sounds worse than the negotiations on the hill. it s worse, thank goodness this wasn t our situation to try and strike a deal, it would be hopeless. if a deal is struck, how much will the deficit be redied, what kind of numbers are we talking about? it would be minuscule. where you d see the biggest short-term impact would be if you eliminate all of the bush tax rates and they go back to the clinton rates. the government would be bringing in more revenue, but that s going to take some time. that s not going to happen immediately and it s a relatively small amount in terms of what the government is spending every single day. that money would be spent pretty quickly. so, again, because we re now at this point where this is just a short-term deal, any of the major entitlement reforms that would actually bring major spending cuts are sngsly off the table right now. so, to answer your question directly without pointing a finger at ....
For mr. henry. and civilized my goodness, bob. it sounds worse than the negotiations on the hill. it s worse, thank goodness this wasn t our situation to try and strike a deal, it would be hopeless. if a deal is struck, how much will the deficit be redied, what kind of numbers are we talking about? it would be minuscule. where you d see the biggest short-term impact would be if you eliminate all of the bush tax rates and they go back to the clinton rates. the government would be bringing in more revenue, but that s going to take some time. that s not going to happen immediately and it s a relatively small amount in terms of what the government is spending every single day. that money would be spent pretty quickly. so, again, because we re now at this point where this is just a short-term deal, any of the major entitlement reforms that would actually bring major spending cuts are sngsly off the table right now. so, to answer your question directly without pointing a finger at ....
For mr. henry. and civilized my goodness, bob. it sounds worse than the negotiations on the hill. it s worse, thank goodness this wasn t our situation to try and strike a deal, it would be hopeless. if a deal is struck, how much will the deficit be redied, what kind of numbers are we talking about? it would be minuscule. where you d see the biggest short-term impact would be if you eliminate all of the bush tax rates and they go back to the clinton rates. the government would be bringing in more revenue, but that s going to take some time. that s not going to happen immediately and it s a relatively small amount in terms of what the government is spending every single day. that money would be spent pretty quickly. so, again, because we re now at this point where this is just a short-term deal, any of the major entitlement reforms that would actually bring major spending cuts are sngsly off the table right now. so, to answer your question directly without pointing a finger at ....
First reaction is what was the last year and a half all about? it looked like a pivot point in the presidency at the end of the deet ceiling showdown and the instinct in the wake of the 2010 mid terms is to strike some kind of big bipartisan grand bargain and be a compromiser in chief and looked like the lesson of the white house in the showdown is you can t compromise as it is currently constituted. obama made the point over and over again and basically laid it out there $250,000. i want the bush tax rates to disappear. i want to use it as a referendum on that, and quote, his words, break the fever and went in to the negotiations after winning by four points. 332 electoral votes. if he ever had a mandate, the ....