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DEL.ICIO.USBuilding an argument against tax cuts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey of Marietta was among the first congressional Republicans to sound off against the $300 billion in middle-class tax cuts proposed as part of President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery.
This from Politico:
“Some reports put the tax cut at 40% of the overall package — leaving 60% to come from increased federal spending,” said Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.). “After the latest round of bailouts, many members of Congress, as well as most Americans, have concerns about the federal government spending hundreds of billions that it doesn’t have.”
“Republicans believe tax relief is a great way to get money to people immediately and strengthen our economy,” said RNC spokesman Alex Conant. “But cutting taxing does not justify a blank check for irresponsible spending. Attaching tax cuts to massive new spending that permanently increases the size of the government is not necessarily in taxpayers’ best interest.”
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By Will Jones
January 6, 2009 9:53 AM | Link to this
Gingrey is a hack and a quack. This is what he had to say about Terry Schiavo: “The tragedy of the situation is that with proper treatment, now denied, Terri’s condition can improve.” A grown man, he was an idiot and a false physician on that subject.
Now, after being a vociferous supporter of the illegal, fraudulent and treasonous Iraq Invasion by WMD-lying, 9/11-committing Bush, forcing us into hock to the corrupt rich and the Chinese and destroying the American economy to run the money presses to pay for false war for heroin and oil, then, in a safe minority, lamely objecting to shoring up Wall Street’s fascist plutocrat loan-sharks, Mob-run unionists and lousy car makers selling America down the river by off-shoring and down-sizing while attempting to keep the unconstitutional Fed’s house of cards from collapsing: Phil Gingrey wants to tell us after the cat is out of the bag on inflation benefiting the rich and corrupt that the People shouldn’t catch a break when the house is already on fire thanks to his quackery and failure as the watchman on the wall those in elected office are hired to be, by the People.
What a loser. While it’s no wonder the Roman Catholics in Carrollton and Rome voted for a papist, Marietta and Kennesaw and the good and decent patriotic Americans of Georgia’s 11th District deserve better.
By Fear for our future
January 6, 2009 10:24 AM | Link to this
Our nation faces serious problems, and all Mr. Gingrey can do is try to sabotage our new president.
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
January 6, 2009 10:54 AM | Link to this
“Irresponsible spending is a REPUBLICAN perogative damn it! How dare the democrats try to steal it from us.”
By Reid
January 6, 2009 11:07 AM | Link to this
After 8 years in which we ran up nearly $5 trillion in debt, and had three tax cuts, all with GOP Congressional approval, now House Republicans want to be fiscally conservative?
Gingrey said: “Attaching tax cuts to massive new spending that permanently increases the size of the government is not necessarily in taxpayers’ best interest…”
But, that’s exactly what we did in 2002-2003 … cut taxes, gravely increased spending and the size of government (with a whole new department, DHS), and, oh yeah, spent hundreds of billions in an war of choice.
Such transparent hypocrisy reeks horribly.
By GRS
January 6, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this
Wow!
Glad to know we found the one person in the Senate and Congress who is hypocritical.
For a while I was scared it might be ALL of them.
By Copyleft
January 6, 2009 3:21 PM | Link to this
Ooohh, that’s gotta hurt. For a Republican to oppose any form of tax cut, for any reason—you just know he’s gonna pay BIG for that heresy among the tax-slashers running the GOP.
By Taxpayer
January 6, 2009 8:16 PM | Link to this
Well, if the Republicans had been practicing what they now want to start preaching, we would not have the outrageous debt and deficit that we currently have. In fact, if the Republicans had just never taken office, we would not have half the problems that we currently have including the credit crisis or the waste of American and civilian lives in Iraq. Funny how they are only now starting to get religion, now that they’re losing in the elections.