Hoyer: "We don't want to put the nonwealthy in our country at such risk."

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Hoyer says Democrats must accept tax deal

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Democrats have no choice but to fall in line behind the tax cut compromise that President Barack Obama negotiated with congressional Republicans.

Hoyer tells MSNBC in an interview that continuing to fight the deal because it includes cuts for the wealthy would be to put the middle-class and lower tax bracket people at risk and also jeopardize the jobless who badly need unemployment benefits.

The Maryland Democrat said Democrats have enough votes in the House to again pass a measure without tax breaks for the rich, including the estate tax relief, but that there's a solid wall of 41 Republicans in the Senate who would block it there. He said, "We don't want to put the nonwealthy in our country at such risk."


read: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9K0FIQ04.htm

[aquart]

1. No.

[PSPS]

2. Translation: Hell, yes! Give me $1,000 and I'll gladly give you $1 back!

Of course, democrats do have a choice other than to "fall in line." I wonder what tax bracket Hoyer is in? How big will his windfall be?

[Warren Stupidity]

3. capitulationist propaganda.

[Individualist]

4. DLC doublespeak.

Unrec.

[phasma ex machina]

5. The invisible tax of inflation starves the poor because a dollar buys less food. nt.

[DJ13]

6. but that there's a solid wall of 41 Republicans in the Senate who would block it

Fine, LET THEM BLOCK IT.

Show the country where their priorities lie instead of capitulating to their threats like cowards.

[Liberalynn]

7. Yeah and their " hearts" (non existent ones) that is

go out to the 99rs while stealing from SS, money that despite their false promises they have no intention of ever paying back.

The President and his enablers are turning out to be just as heartless as the PUKES.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

8. Pass the bill in the house without tax breaks for the rich

and then let the American people see the true face of the greedy Republican assholes.

[BzaDem]

10. They already did. n/t

[Luciferous]

9. What about the 4 million unemployed who STILL won't get benefits?

I guess they don't count. :shrug:

[EFerrari]

11. Or jobs with this continued syphoning off. We don't count, apparently. n/t

[leftstreet]

12. Then why don't we have single payer healthcare? $20 an hour minimum wage?

:banghead: