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With the Senate poised to vote Tuesday, Scott Brown's camp confirmed Sunday that the Massachusetts Republican like President Barack Obama supports a proposed fiscal commission empowered to force up-or-down votes in Congress on steps to rein in future deficits.


Brown, whose election to the Senate a week ago shook Washington, won't be seated in time to participate. But his spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, told POLITICO that, if he were present, Brown would vote yes for the bipartisan plan put forward by Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.).

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No Republican should be allowed to get away with complaining about deficits if they also want to extend the Bush tax cuts. If they were serious about deficit reduction then they'd support allowing the tax rates to return to the Clinton era levels.

Taxes is the answer....always!
--- Danni ---

KBM read your history and tell me when we had our first 2.5 trillion of debt? Tell me when did a certain president double the debt???

Now, notice both of those presidents cut taxes significantly.

It's inescapable deficits result from lower taxes.

It's called arithmetic.

Let's just take all of everyone's money. That should fix things. Never mind the record revenue gained by the Bush tax cuts. Never mind the fact that when Dems get in real fiscal trouble they consider tax cuts, not raises. Funny how that always comes about, as it is now. They've tried for months to convince Americans that taxing the rich would solve the economic crises. That dog just don't hunt. Tax cuts coupled with spending cuts is the key. Money stays with those that actually create permanent jobs, and the government doesn't need as much because it's not spending as much. Such a utopia is impossible, of course, because both Democrats and Republicans need to spend in order to get reelected and to pay off their buddies, like Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi getting a no-bid $24,673,427 contract in Afghanistan.

#3 | Posted by danni

Let's force congress to curb spending for a change. I know it's a novel idea but it just might work. Reduced spending works for individuals as well as companies that are in over their heads in debt. Why not force the government to try this ignored solution? History says raising taxes and increased spending DOES NOT work.

Let's force congress to curb spending for a change.

Okay, what are you gonna cut smartass?


Reduced spending works for individuals

Yep, but it don't work so good when 95% of your current spending goes to food, housing and utilities.

Never mind the record revenue gained by the Bush tax cuts.


You have a link that proves this claim?

"Never mind the record revenue gained by the Bush tax cuts."

SJ, that has been debunked often. Bush's tax cuts didn't increase revenue once adjusted for inflation. A freshman Econ 101 student has to learn to adjust for inflation when comparing two disparate years before he's allowed to go home for fall break. So anyone feeding you that line about Bush's tax cuts increasing revenue either doesn't know what he's talking about, or he thinks you don't know and is forwarding an agenda.

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