Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should have a symbolic vote on restructuring the tax schedule by adopting Simpson - Bowles recommendations and let the nation know it is a goal that is unattainable because of the obstructionist Republicans.
I always hear, "At least Ryan is trying." The President did too and it never made it out of committee. It is time to show the country Democrats are serious about tax reform.
I always hear, "At least Ryan is trying." The President did too and it never made it out of committee. It is time to show the country Democrats are serious about tax reform.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, (click here - thank you) eager to shift election-year attention away from the nation’s lackluster jobs market, called on Congress Monday to extend tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 a year while allowing taxes to rise for households making more.
“Let’s not hold the vast majority of Americans and our economy hostage while we debate the merits of another tax cut for the wealthy,” said Obama, flanked by a dozen people the White House said would benefit from the tax cut extension advocated by the president....
