From the Weekly Standard:
TWS: Leader Reid, when it comes to the Bush tax cuts...why
didn't Senate Democrats push through this bill back when you controlled
the Senate, the House, and the presidency?
REID: The tax cuts weren't about to expire then. So that's why we're doing it now.
TWS: You could have foreseen this issue two years ago.
REPORTER: What are you talking about? They expired at the end of 2010.
REID: And that's why they were extended one year.
TWS: Why didn't they vote when you could have pushed this bill through and had it signed into law?
REID: Next question.The Democrats could have raised taxes on the rich when the had complete power in 2009-10 but they chose not to do it. It is a false issue about raising taxes on the rich because if they were serious, then they would have voted for tax increases when they had a filibuster proof Senate, a clear majority in House and President Obama.
so, Democrats, why didn't you raise taxes on the rich when you had a chance in 2009-10?
Between Ted Kennedy getting sick and Al Franken getting seated, the Dems had a filibuster-proof majority for about 6 weeks. And Joe Lieberman (along with a few others) was never a dependable vote.
ReplyDeleteBut Jamie, they didn't even try.
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