president obama on a very touchy political topic, and the republicans deathly afraid they d get drawn into defending big oil nevertheless pulled bay boehner back from the brink and they issued the statement that you read just a few minutes ago. i ve got to tell you, howard. i thought boehner s initial comment was actually brilliant politically. it would be a genius move for republicans to go into the tax code, go after corporate tax subsidies in the tax code. if they did that, the democrats would just be lost in terms of power. i agree. but of course he got pulled back. last night, i had grover norquist on the show, in this spot specifically to highlight exactly what republicans are up against when they go into this sort of thing. and we actually talked about a tax subsidy, the ethanol tax subsidy that grover norquist thinks is terrible, i think is terrible. but he explained why he would not allow republicans to just repeal it. let s listen to what grover
political topic, and the republicans deathly afraid they d get drawn into defending big oil nevertheless pulled bay nor back from the brink and they issued the statement that you read just a few minutes ago. i ve got to tell you, howard. i thought boehner s initial comment was actually brilliant politically. it would be a genius move for republicans to go into the tax code, go after corporate tax subsidies in the tax code. if they did that, the democrats would just be lost in terms of power. i agree. but of course he got pulled back. last night, i had grover norquist on the show, in this spot specifically to highlight exactly what republicans are up against when they go into this sort of thing. and we actually talked about a tax subsidy, the ethanol tax subsidy that grover norquist thinks is terrible, i think is terrible. but he explained why he would not allow republicans to just repeal it. let s listen to what grover norquist said.
spot specifically to highlight exactly what republicans are up against when they go into this sort of thing. and we actually talked about a tax subsidy, the ethanol tax subsidy that grover norquist thinks is terrible, i think is terrible. but he explained why he would not allow republicans to just repeal it. let s listen to what grover norquist said. we should get rid of all annoying tax credits and reduce rates. well, i completely agree with you on your description of the ethanol tax credit, but the idea that, you know, getting rid of it isn t good enough, you have to if you get rid of it, then you have to lower taxes. you want to raise taxes to pay for obama s government we have a disagreement. absolutely. don t pretend it s about ethanol, it s about no, it is about two things on my end. it is about ethanol, i agree with you completely, your description s accurate, get rid of it. but i m happy to say get rid of it period and let the treasury collect the additional rev