John Boehner Calls Vote on Middle-Class-Only Tax Cut 'Chicken Crap'

Its shamful that all the tax cuts aren't removed. Tax cuts don't create jobs. Harold

this is just great,as if 10 years of a ridiculous tax cut is not enough let us add even more to the fed debt.within five years fed debt will equal 100% of gdp. the tax rate for everyone should return to pre bush levels.anyone who thinks this country will continue or return to pre bush economy is deluded.just 12years ago fed debtwas 35% of gdp.the eight years of the bush adminastration saw the largest fiscal erosion in american history. statistics are from richard haass and roger altman

There is a lot of resentment here over working families who have a combined income of over 250K. That speaks volumes about their character.

John Boehner is completely right

How can we get the people in office now. Out.We need them to work together and if they can not they need removed from office.How much more can they put on the American public befor we break.

The tax issue is ridiculous at best. Certainly you do not raise taxes on anyone in the current economic crises. The tax cuts should be made permanent immediately to help both middle class and high wage earners. Then the tax structure should be restructured, when the economy rebounds, to that of the late fifties early sixties. Maybe not to a top level of 91% but lets face it, the trickle down theory didn't work because of greed. Given an opportunity to save money via taxes or laying people off in a corporation, persons with an amount of wealth able to negate the worry of everyday household bills and living, the decision is almost never made to re-spend the money in investment or in rehiring. The excess profit looks just too good in the savings accounts or on the EBIT line. This is not to say that government should take all they can in taxes. Government can be just as effective if all the waste, overtime, and unneccessary spending is ended. This does not include the extension of unemployment benefits for the massive unemployment in this country due to the clueless government oversight of the real estate, and mortgage industry, and the governments decades old enabling of the exporting of American jobs offshore. Most good corporations have adopted control methodology to optimize (not maximize) profits while conducting business in a way that will ensure longevity without flirting with self-destruction. Government needs to get back to the job of providing what the majority of the public truly needs from government, not what the minority of the public thinks are needs, but are really wants. There should be an elimination of the process of earmarks, period. A percentage of the GNP should be used to determine what the country can afford each year for states projects, pro-rated by each states population. Not one penny more. Elected and non elected government officials need to actually be the savvy, high thought process managers they project themselves to be to the public. The results generated by most of these folks, on both sides of the party isle, would get you put on the street in any decent corporation today.

Chicken "crap"? I guess we know how Boehner's mind works. I'm surprised he didn't shed a crockidile tear!

The reason Reagan's tax cuts worked and Bush's didn't is because along with the cuts, Reagan specified what taxpayers would get the cuts for ie. investing in OUR infrastructure, NOT shipping American jobs overseas as Bush did.

If the Republicans have thier way, millionairs and billionairs will get more money, and we'll owe the Chinese another 700 billion dollars. Maybe it's time to start learning Chinese!

Why does Sen. John Boehner refuse to let the middle class have an unemployment benefit extension? He is worried about the deficit? Isn’t it a bit late now? Where was he when Pres. Bush and his fellows were mounting the debt? Now that the people are the ones who need the money he holds it back. He stands behind the podium and spews words of concern for the deficit. Well, I’m sorry Mr. Senator, but some of us need food for ourselves and our children. Some of us need to keep our roof over our head. You say you will consider it if the people that make $250,000 or more per year are included? What is wrong with you sir? Those people have options that lower income people don’t have ($25,000- $100,000). They can sell something. They can go into their savings sir. With an approx. weekly paycheck of $4800 it’s hard for me to muster sympathy for them.