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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (245718)	2/26/2014 11:01:48 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542149

nomoremister.blogspot.com This is a phony bill -- a Potemkin piece of legislation. The whole point of the exercise was to put something -- anything -- out there in an election year so Republicans could say, "See? We're not just the Party of No. We proposed a budget that simplifies the tax code and reduces rates" and so on, thus reaching at least a few swing voters. The additional benefit is that friendly news outlets will say, "Look how non-plutocratic and bipartisan the Republicans are being!" Republicans are remarkably consistent in their reaction to Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's tax reform bill: they're glad he put something together, but are not interested in diving into the controversial details.... Asked if this bill was reflective of the House Republican position on tax reform, [Speaker John] Boehner said "you're getting a little ahead of yourself." .. When pressed specifically on changes to the financial services industry, Boehner replied by saying "bla, bla, bla, bla." Many Republicans on the Financial Services Committee lashed out at the tax on banks, saying it's punitive and runs counter to GOP principles.... Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, said this bill has "a long way to go before it gets to the floor." "Being a Northeast member...anything that impacts our financial services segment I'm concerned about and I want to make sure we get the policy right," he told POLITICO. Republicans have no qualms about abandoning ideas they've proposed -- and not just abandoning them, but attacking anyone who proposes them in the future. Cap-and-trade? The basics of Romneycare/Obamacare? Right-wing concepts, now heresy on the right. This will be the same.