Jon Kyl: Extend Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Even If They Add To Deficit

[Joanne98]

Top Senate Republican Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) insisted on Sunday that Congress should extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans regardless of their impact on the deficit, even as he and other Republicans are blocking unemployment insurance extensions over deficit concerns.

"ou should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes," said the Arizona Senator during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. "Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be right to -- if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. You do need to offset the cost of increased spending, and that's what Republicans object to. But you should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on Americans."

White House aides immediately seized on the comments. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wrote on Twitter, "Kyl says wealthy need big Bush tax cuts while middle class families are on their own to fend for themselves as a result of Bush economy."

In private, administration officials say that the framing of the argument couldn't be more advantageous: "It's cutting taxes for the wealthy and letting the unemployed to fend for themselves," said one White House ally.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/jon-kyl-extend-bush-tax-c_n_642862.html

[Lil Missy]

1. I've got a better idea. How 'bout you kiss my butt!

[spartan61]

2. Kyl belongs to the cheney view that

deficits don't matter when it is something that benefits the rich repukes. But if it is something that benefits the rest of us, they become deficit hawks. I am so sick of the repukes and their poison ideas as well as their obstructionism. How I wish they would all just go away.

[thelordofhell]

3. This is just the beginning

Soon, the "liberal" media will spin how letting the bush tax give away to the rich expire is raising taxes.

[Joanne98]

5. Yep

[doc03]

4. But lower taxes will increase revenues, if we eliminated all

taxes we could pay off the debt and have plenty of money for everything, don't you see? You people need edumacated.

[dtotire]

6. Anyone Who Believes Tax Cuts can raise revenue

is a fool or a charlatan. Is the people of Arizona send someone like that to the Senate they are harming the rest of America.

[True_Blue]

7. Has the GOP ever been more obvious?

They'll starve 3.2 million Americans rather than add to the deficit, but tax cuts for the wealthy can't wait. Americans know exactly what the GOP concerns are. I've seen posts in different forums from unemployed lifelong repubs vowing to vote for Dems in Nov.

[pansypoo53219]

8. exhibit A that they don't give a FUCK

about the debt. just letting obama help americans.