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diggredditstumble In a televised interview last week, Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas said that nothing the president offered in spending cuts could convince him to vote to raise income taxes, not even on the wealthiest Americans. Nothing, nada, zip.
In the same week, Republican Rep. Allen West of Florida explained why he opposed Speaker Boehner's "Plan B" to allow tax rates to increase on incomes above $1 million. "If you don't draw a contrast with the other side, who are you?" West asked.
Somewhere along the way, some House Republicans seemed to have confused ideology for common sense and branding for governing. And soon -- perhaps as early as next week -- we may all pay the price for their confusion.
According to the polls, the public has already decided that Republicans will bear the brunt of the blame if Congress and President Obama fail to reach an agreement to keep our economy from falling off the so-called "fiscal cliff" or defaulting on our debt.
Personally, I don't care which political party gets the blame. What I am concerned about -- and what every member of Congress should be concerned about -- is how we can avoid this completely unnecessary train wreck from happening in the first place.
Without a deal before year's end, our economy will run smack into an austerity headwind created by the combination of tax increases and deep spending cuts that will stifle the recovery and potentially ignite a global recession.
The pain will be especially hard for people living paycheck to paycheck in the higher taxes they would pay and the access they would lose to vital safety-net programs, and for the long-term unemployed, who would lose the unemployment insurance they need to make ends meet. In addition, nearly 300,000 children would be cut from the school lunch program and millions of Americans would lose access to food stamps.
This is an emergency for tens of millions of Americans, and fortunately, some Republicans have signaled that they're willing to accept a fair deal that balances spending cuts and tax increases. But too many House Republicans seem more concerned about their branding and maintaining an ideological purity against raising taxes.
President Obama has been clear that he wants to head off this disaster-in-the-making, but it requires bipartisan support to do so. Throughout the negotiations, the president has shown flexibility in ways that many of us who advocate for the poor and middle class are not happy about, like putting benefit cuts for Social Security recipients on the table.
But so far, even that extraordinary offer and the president's willingness to accept smaller tax increases hasn't been enough to entice House Republicans to reconsider their stubborn allegiance to tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Time is running out, but it's not too late for Republicans to choose to put common sense and governing ahead of branding and ideology. That's the only way we'll be able to move past the cliff and move forward as a nation, together.
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2640 Fans 17 minutes ago (10:33 AM)"If you don't draw a contrast with the other side, who are you?" West asked.
Answer: A rigid ideologue with no concern for his country. You're welcome.RacerX: "If you don't draw a contrast with the other side,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/RacerX/national-interest-ahead-ideology_b_2372025_217182895.html | |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion.
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Daniel Maddigan2 Fans 28 minutes ago (10:22 AM)You don't get it. The tea party and their corporate backers want a catastrophe. They would love to force the federal government into extinction allowing the country to break up into individual states. Then they could play each state against the other. No more safety net, no more regulations, no more taxes.Daniel_Maddigan: You don't get it. The tea party and their corporatehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Daniel_Maddigan/national-interest-ahead-ideology_b_2372025_217180009.html | |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion.
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801 Fans 43 minutes ago (10:07 AM)The Republican/Tea party has already made the decision that there is no damage to this country that would be too much if it means any compromise at all with their ideology.
They are still casting about trying to explain how they lost the White House as well as more Senate and House seats.
The Right Wing has been blaming the media, the sneaky Democrats and of course the darn ignorant voters and been proclaiming that “next time” they will get even more conservative and that then at last the voters will fall in line with their harsh ideology.CSKAP: The Republican/Tea party has already made the decision that therehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CSKAP/national-interest-ahead-ideology_b_2372025_217175996.html | |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion.
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Stan t Hughes1 Fans 47 minutes ago (10:03 AM)I agree with you completely Mr. Henderson. Obama's class warfare program must stopStan_t__Hughes: I agree with you completely Mr. Henderson. Obama's class warfarehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Stan_t__Hughes/national-interest-ahead-ideology_b_2372025_217175141.html | |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion.
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Bruce Strong4 Fans 47 minutes ago (10:03 AM)Good old Ben came up with this "Fiscal Cliff" term, so what does it mean - absolutely nothing! Big deal if taxes go back to where they were before these stupid temporary tax cuts were voted into law by Congress. Who cares...? The Feds have to stop simulating our economy by printing money and Congress needs to balance the Federal budget, period end of story! Everyone has to pay their "fair share" and that means everyone, not just some of us.Bruce_Strong: Good old Ben came up with this "Fiscal Cliff" term,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Bruce_Strong/national-interest-ahead-ideology_b_2372025_217174891.html | |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion.
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