Conservatives fear tax-increase deal (Bush with Dems)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061219-122041-7993r.htm

The Bush administration has sent signals since last month's elections that the president is prepared to accept some tax increases on upper-income families, worrying congressional Republicans and fiscal conservative watchdogs who say he will compromise with Democrats to win a legacy accomplishment.

These moves come even as Democrats have pledged to rein in earmarks, winning praise from the same conservative groups that are criticizing Mr. Bush.

The watchdog groups have been demanding that the president repeat his earlier pledges not to raise taxes in order to reform Social Security. But the White House has refused, with officials saying everything is on the table, including tax increases.

"So far, no one in the administration has simply stood up and said, 'We will not raise payroll taxes in any way, shape or form,' " said Pete Sepp, a vice president for the National Taxpayers Union, which led a coalition of several dozen groups to write a letter asking for such an assurance.

Meanwhile, the House's top Republican on tax cuts, outgoing Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, warned last week that the White House has hinted that it will accept a tax increase on higher-income families in order to win accommodations from Democrats.

:nopity:

[rodeodance]

1. ho ho---read my lips-------I can't help it---this fliping and flopping is too

good not to give it its due!

[Skinner]

2. "to win a legacy accomplishment"

So... If you take office with a budget surplus and spend six years putting into place policies that take our country from a historic surplus to a historic deficit, then you can trim the deficit a little bit and call it a "legacy accomplishment"? What kind of fucked-up bizarro-world do we live in?

This is not a legacy accomplishment. At best this is end-of-term ass-covering for a massive fuck-up.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Heh.

Tell us how you *really* feel, Skinner :D

[nolabels]

4. I suspect * is much too loony to be worry about legacy

A few good cuts and fundings by congress will tip the dude over. He was at odds with even a friendly legislature so just the anticipation of what will really happen next is some kind of fun. Sort of like a classic situational comedy with all it's great punch lines

[The Magistrate]

5. Indeed, Sir, The Writer Here Must Be Using A Cliche Generator On Random Setting

He is calling "a legacy of accomplishment" acquiescing in the reversal and over-throw of the signature act of Bush's regime, namely the slashing of taxes on the upper crust....

[jamesinca]

6. Why tax increases?

The economy is strong, we don't need that extra money sloshing around in DC.:sarcasm:
I believe Bush is the one that said who better to spend your money, you or the government. "read my lips..." wrong Bush. Well father like son, they both have no idea how to run an economy.

[Johnyawl]

7. This scares me....

...the White House has hinted that it will accept a tax increase ...in order to win accommodations from Democrats.

What accommodations is he trying to win from the Democrats? Is the administration maneuvering to trade a tax increase for partial privatization?