GOP lawmaker: I didn’t agree to marry Grover Norquist forever

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards


Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) is one of 40 House Republicans who say that increased revenues must be part of the Super Committee deal to reduce the nation’s debt.

Those Republicans joined 60 House Democrats in signing a letter calling on the Super Committee to “go big” and cut $4 trillion instead of instead of the $1.5 trillion they are aiming for.

“Will you support more revenues?” Fox News host Mike Wallace asked Simpson Sunday. “Either from raising tax rates or cutting deductions as a part of the plan to cut the deficit?”

“You have to,” Simpson declared. “The reality is you can’t get to $4 trillion without including additional revenue. We might have different ideas about what those revenues will look like. I think you could get additional revenues by actually lowering the tax rates and eliminating all of the exemptions underneath and that type of thing. And I think you’d have an economic boom in this country and the revenue would come in to the federal government. So, more revenue is key to this.”

Read more or watch the video from Fox News’ Fox News Sunday, recorded Nov. 6, 2011.

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[grantcart]

1. Grover meet the Republican bus.

[Vincardog]

2. more revenue HAS ALWAYS BEEN key to this.

[Initech]

3. None of the republicans, and even a lot of the DEMS refuse to address this.

[Vincardog]

9. That is exactly why we have to find a new system. The old one is too deeply corrupted to endure. We

may actually have to try Democracy.

[bluestateguy]

4. The devil is in the details

They say they are for revenue increases. They may well be honest when they say that, but keep in mind that lately we have been hearing a lot of rhetoric recently from their side about how the poor need to "pay their fair share".

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. GOP drowning Grover Norquist in the bathtub?

Who knew?

[Downwinder]

6. Supply does not drive the economy, demand does.

Until you put money in 99%'s pockets you are going nowhere.

[zbdent]

7. wait a minute ... HE married Grover Norquist?

I thought that was illegal in most U.S. states ... and definitely against the GOP's "family values" ...

[rhett o rick]

8. I hate to break it to this ass-wipe but if he is a republicon HE DID MARRY NORQUIST. nm