{"id":25930,"date":"2011-07-21T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T16:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25930"},"modified":"2011-07-21T12:36:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T16:36:26","slug":"wapo-is-allowing-bush-tax-cuts-to-expire-a-tax-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25930","title":{"rendered":"WaPo: Is allowing Bush tax cuts to expire a tax hike?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> asked Grover Norquist that question, in an obvious attempt to trap him…and it worked. Norquist answered that “no” it wouldn’t violate the promise that most Republicans made to the public. Let me tell the Post that Norquist doesn’t speak for me or my vote.<\/p>\n

Of course, letting the tax cuts expire is decidedly not Mr. Norquist\u2019s preference. Indeed, as a matter of policy, he is passionately opposed to a single dime in new tax revenue. But the fact that Mr. Norquist interprets his own pledge to permit such conduct suggests that Republican lawmakers who have been browbeaten into abjuring any tax increase, at any time, for any reason, may not be as boxed in as they believe. The official Republican line has been that allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire, even for those earning more than $250,000, would be a job-killing tax increase. The fact that the godfather of the pledge does not interpret the lapse as an increase is significant. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not adverse to an increase in tax revenues – I’m opposed to an increase in taxes to achieve an increase in revenues. revenues increased during the period of the Bush tax cuts (by the way, ten years after the tax cuts were effective, can we stop calling them tax cuts and start calling them the tax rates). I don’t know what political game Norquist is playing here, but if the tax rates rise above what they are today…well, that’s a tax hike. And if it’s caused by action or inaction by Congress, I’m holding them responsible in the 2012 election.<\/p>\n

The Post continues a few more times accusing Republicans of being opposed to an increase in tax revenues – and that’s not the case at all. Republicans don’t oppose increased revenues, that’s just ignorant and intentionally misinforming the public – apparently the bread and butter of the Post. Tax increases aren’t the only way to increase revenue as the post wants you to believe.<\/p>\n

In fact, the best way to increase tax revenues is to put Americans back to work – and raising taxes on their potential employers won’t do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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