No more Bush Tax Cuts!
3:46 PM, May. 17, 2012
Republican lawmakers (click here) intensified their efforts on Thursday to get quick congressional action on heading off automatic tax increases and revamping the federal tax code.
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., 41 Senate Republicans said they wanted a vote this summer — before the November elections —
on preventing tax increases that will take effect Jan. 1 unless Congress acts. Those increases would be a result of the expiration of tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush and would affect people across all income levels.
“The time to begin is now. Inaction is irresponsible,” said the letter, which was led by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee....
It is unfortunate poor Orin is up against the rope in his re-election, Harry, but demanding a return of the biggest mistake in the country's history, namely The Bush Tax Cuts, is not the way to go. Show Orin how to have some backbone, Harry and have him stand up for reality and the Middle Class! The GOP wants a campaign wedge issue, Harry. I say, give 'em one, demand they put their pants on and 'man up' to support a vibrant Middle Class.
SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Senate candidate Dan Liljenquist (click here) renewed his call this week for televised debates with Sen. Orrin Hatch before next month's Republican primary election. But the longtime senator refuses to debate on television and maintains that the single scheduled radio debate is sufficient.
KSL and the Deseret News this month offered the candidates an hour-long prime time debate in early June, an invitation Liljenquist quickly accepted. Hatch did not respond.
Two days later, the Hatch campaign agreed to a debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" to be conducted a week or so before the June 26 primary. Hatch campaign manager Dave Hansen said it would be the only debate the senator would do before the election. A date has yet to be scheduled.
This week, KSL-TV proposed to the Hatch campaign that the radio debate be videotaped and rebroadcast on television, and offered to conduct and air a debate from Washington, D.C., to accommodate the senator's schedule....
Orin should appreciate this is the "Year of the Middle Class" for Republicans. Absolutely. It is a year of redeeming grace for Republicans to finally shed their obedience to the Plutocrats and join 99% of the country! Come on Orin, we know you can do it!
