Jake Tapper reports all you need to know about how the condescender in chief negotiates.
Boehner said at one point that “it’s clear to all of us how big this spending problem is. Congress keeps voting for programs we can’t pay for. But look, entitlement cuts aren’t easy for us to vote for either. Our guys aren’t cheerleading about cutting entitlements.”
“Your guys already voted for them,” the president said, referring to the budget offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.
“Excuse us for trying to lead,” Boehner said.
The president today continued to make the case for a big deal, arguing that if they’re going to draw heat for the deal, they should at least do more than make a down payment on the deficit – they should get the country on sounder financial footing and begin to seriously bend the deficit cost curve.
During another exchange, Republicans were going through proposed tax increases as bad for jobs.
“C’mon, man!” Vice President Biden exclaimed, “let’s get real!”
The Vice President argued that their opposition isn’t economic, it’s ideological, that no real economist thinks they’re “job killers.”
President Obama is a jerk and he is determined to make Republicans vote for “job killing” tax increases so that he has some cover.
I don’t know if the Republicans have the stomach for this fight, experience does not inspire confidence, but Boehner’s answer is right on.
Oh, by the way Joe. You know who said it is a bad idea to raise taxes in a recession man? Your boss man, in 2009 man.
“First of all, he’s right. Normally, you don’t raise taxes in a recession, which is why we haven’t and why we’ve instead cut taxes. So I guess what I’d say to Scott is – his economics are right. You don’t raise taxes in a recession. We haven’t raised taxes in a recession.”
Take that man.
July 12, 2011 at 6:26 am
@Patrick Archbold. You hit a nerve and the feckless demon is realing ad hominem @anonymous 11:40 P.M.
July 12, 2011 at 6:35 am
@Anonymous 11:50 P.M. Explain to me WHO brought you into existence and why you have no respect for God, our Creator? Is your hero Nostradamus in heaven? How would you know? All prophets use refined language. Prophets are messengers from God, the same God you spell with a lower case. Must be your prophet is rebellious towards God, our God, but not your God.
July 12, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Avast, there be anonymous trolls in these waters…
As to the topic at hand, STAND STRONG Republicans. Please.
Obama is a jerk, and that's being kind.
July 12, 2011 at 12:44 pm
"Our guys aren’t cheerleading about cutting entitlements.”
We should be
July 12, 2011 at 2:22 pm
I appreciate John Boehner's defense of his position and his not backing down from "in your face" totalitarianism.
Thank you CMR for the post.
Mary De Voe
July 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm
The President is a jerk…
Great stuff from a supposedly christian website…
CMR reveals itself again.
July 12, 2011 at 3:33 pm
“So, when you hear folks saying ‘Well, the president shouldn’t want massive job killing tax increases when the economy is this weak.’ Nobody’s looking to raise taxes right now. We’re talking about potentially 2013 and the out years.” Barack H. Obama
I other words he'll wait until 2013 to install job killing tax increases. It's not incompetence folks! It is and always has been an intentional agenda of bringing down America.
July 12, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Right on! Boehner had better pull it together and keep it together. This budget will be the 'final factor' in who wins in 2012. Thanks be to God it won't be Obama…But that doesn't mean we couldn't get *gulps* worse…
July 12, 2011 at 6:24 pm
The trolls sowing the seeds of discord here need our prayers, but NOT our agreement… the"feel good" ethics of political correctness is responsible for their inability to recognize truth from lies.
July 12, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Usury is a sin. On a national level it is enslavement. Charities are the answer, not entitlements. Realizing that could be a truly freeing experience for our country.
July 13, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Dear UNemployed:
So how's that Bushy Taxy Cutty Thing workin' for ya? All them jobs that are being created by "job creators" with the Bush tax cuts these past ten years (and renewed recently). Never mind the fact that 10 years after the Bush tax cuts went into effect, our nation’s unemployment rate is still over 9%. Never mind the fact that the 2 year renewal of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% costs more per year than the entire SNAP program costs to help feed 43 million people. Never mind the fact that corporate profits rose 200% since 1990, while median family incomes have risen only 2%. Never mind the fact that tax and accounting loopholes benefiting the nation’s wealthiest cost the government over $20 billion annually, which is 3 times more than the entire WIC program costs to feed over 9 million women and children per year. We just cannot afford to force our nation’s richest to participate in our “shared sacrifice.”