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“House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer will lay down his marker in the upcoming debt limit debate in a speech before the Bipartisan Policy Center on Monday,” Roll Call writes. “According to prepared remarks, the Maryland Democrat plans to call for upholding entitlement programs, cutting spending on domestic and defense programs, and enacting a trigger for automatic spending cuts and revenue raisers aimed at reducing the deficit. On the revenue side, he will propose broadening the tax base, closing tax loopholes and simplifying the income tax code.”
At AIPAC, The Hill writes of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor: “Painting in broad strokes, … Cantor (R-Va.) accused the Palestinians – and the Arab world more generally – of harboring a ‘resentment and hatred’ toward Israel that, he says, has made an accord impossible.”
Today, more than 25 national organizations -- led by the conservative-leaning National Federation of Independent Business -- are forming a coalition to stop a tax they say is in the health-care law. Per a press release, “Small business groups from across the country announced the formation of the ‘Stop the HIT’ Coalition, with the goal of repealing the costly, unfair and hidden Health Insurance Tax (HIT) that is set to take effect in 2014. The coalition, which represents small business owners, their employees and the self-employed, will generate grassroots support for repeal of the HIT by educating policymakers and activating its members who will be directly impacted by the pending tax.”
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What is the HIT?
Health Insurance Tax.
The "grassroots coalition" will be backed by the Koch brothers, and Walton's and will operate under the guise of protecting small business from HIT taxes. In realty it is going to try to make sure that wal-mart employees health care tab continues to be picked up by medicaid and those who pay through the nose for insurance. They don't want to provide health benefits for their employees, they don't want to pay taxes for health care, they just want to make sure you live better with cheaper prices on cheap crap from China.
BTW what is big oil doing for the tornado victims, what is Wal- Mart doing for them, did Alice Walton at least bring one of her Picasso's to Alabama so the homeless could distract themselves with some fine art.
Conservatives are so hapless, oops, I meant hopeless. Well they are that too.
Bev:
I have been saying his departure was a stall when he came in with that no compromise demand that he knew nobody would accept. These guys are really floundering all over the place now. They have nothing to offer at all. The best they can do is muck everything up no matter how many people get hurt in the process.
The Gang Of Six were to get the job done concerning the budget. Now the "Goof's Of Five" did nothing of the sort. What a mess! All they had to do was come up with a solid budget idea that could be debated later. What a joke America!
What were they thinking when they brought Coburn on board anyway? Now he will go home to his constituents and tell them he bucked the system.
Somebody has to pay for health care - it's not free, and there isn't enough charity to go around. It never ceases to amaze me how "small businesses" want to align themselves with big businesses on this subject, when it is the big businesses that have the competitive advantage because of their size to negotiate and ameliorate the costs of group health insurance. The best small business alternative would have been single payer or public option. The small businesses and self employed could continue on doing without worry about the age or health history of themselves or their employees. Instead they side with the employers whose business models are built on employing large numbers of part-time, no benefit workers.
Congressman Cantor (R-Va.) received $200,000 from pro-Israel lobbyists. It is little wonder that Cantor is on the attack against the Palestinians. This is an example of a Congressman undermining presidential peace efforts so that he can continue to collect more Pro-Israeli money. Check the site listed here for other members of Congress that have an alligence to Israel because of large campaign contributions:
http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/351-2010-may-june/9045-pro-israel-pac-contributions-to-2010-congressional-candidates.html
$146,150
$146,150
$146,150
Be a bully demanding it's your way or the highway, then lie and distort the facts and the arguments, and if you still don't get your way - walk away from the table. Republicans don't seem to have any desire to negotiate or compromise with anyone. They use fists, not compromise. Hate, not dialogue. Cowardice, not negotiation.
Coburn, you serve your masters well . . .