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To: stockman_scott who wrote (96295)	7/8/2011 4:32:01 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) of 149317

What weakness has wrought! Scroll down to italics. cnn.com Leading Democrats in Congress have long argued they will agree to massive spending cuts only if Republicans agree to tax increases. Lately, Democrats have been floating the idea that the GOP should agree to as much as $1 trillion in revenue increases as part of the $4 trillion package. But Republicans are virtually united in opposing any tax increases, much less $1 trillion. It is almost impossible to foresee them backing down now, no matter how many sweeteners they are offered. ""In fact, what Republicans actually hope is that the Democrats will once again give in, led there by the president. "" That is what happened last year when Obama persuaded his party to give up on tax increases on the affluent and instead continue the Bush tax cuts for everyone. Boehner's 50-50 estimate appears to rest on the chance that a similar scenario will unfold now -- that Obama will cajole his party into big-time comprom

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