The Republicans have a point on this one


Does a rule change indicate higher taxes on the way?

If the Democrats aren't going to raise taxes, then why change the rules?

 The straight party-line vote received little attention Thursday as Rep. Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, was elected speaker of the House. But Republican leaders and conservative tax-cut advocates said it opened up a huge loophole in a Republican-imposed rule drawn from the Republicans' 1994 Contract with America, which requires a supermajority, or three-fifths vote, to raise taxes.

Raising taxes is bad. Deficit spending is worse, but taxes are pretty bad.

I don't trust rule changes that make it easier to raise taxes.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - January 8, 2007 at 04:31 AM  Tag


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