Boehner’s Offer: We’ll Only Raise Taxes On Millionaires If You Let Us Cut Medicare Benefits

[Report1212]

Sounds so fair, right? Especially when the tax cuts are EXPIRING ANYWAY!

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) presented his latest offer to President Obama on Friday. Boehner is offering to agree to a tax rate increase on millionaires only if Democrats agree to major cuts in Medicare and Social Security benefits through a possible combination of a benefit-cutting “chained CPI” and hiking the retirement age.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/boehners-latest-offer-well-only-raise-taxes-on-millionaires-if-you-let-us-cut-seniors-medicare-benefits/

[CanonRay]

1. Memo to Boehner: Go to Hell.

Let's call your bluff you arrogant jerk.

[Report1212]

3. Call the fiscal bluff!

Amen

[LiberalEsto]

2. Fuck Boehner and the Billionaires he rode in on. nt

[aandegoons]

4. Too late you are on the wrong side of the cliff Mr. Boehner.

Trying to push grandma off from where you are at will only happen if the Democrats want to push grandma off too. You have no position of power in this Mr. Boehner

[democrattotheend]

5. NO DEAL!

I could live with $500,000 as a floor if there are no major cuts to health care programs. But this is unacceptable and I am glad the president rejected this deal.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. NO DEAL BoneHead!

[spanone]

7. NON-offer

[a kennedy]

8. Screw that....eom

[raouldukelives]

9. How about we leave tax rates as they are.

Instead lets raise capital gains taxes to 70% with the stipulation that 40% of that increase be used to fund measures to slow down the climate change they have so gleefully funded and profited from creating.
At that point, I would consider the chained CPI.