Republicans finally found a tax increase they can get behind

[enemigo]

...letting the payroll tax holiday expire. I mean, a tax break that helps the lowly, hurting working class and is actually stimulative? Can't have that.

Wonder why Grover is so quiet.

[Jason G]

Their shrill cries of "no tax increases for any reason" have always rung hollow. Sure they want lower taxes, but what they really want is to crush anything that helps the poor and lower middle class. I don't understand what they're trying to achieve, except their Rand-ian utopian fantasies.

[Asm0deus]

[enemigo]

Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks To Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

WASHINGTON—With a massive wildfire currently raging out of control in his district, Tea Party Caucus member Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) pressed Congress to pass immediate tax breaks Tuesday to combat the rapidly spreading blaze. "This fire has already burned hundreds of square miles and left thousands of helpless families with only one hope: across-the-board income tax cuts and a sharply lower corporate tax rate," said Franks, stating that broad-based tax relief would spur investment and extinguish the towering flames that grow larger by the minute. "We must act now. The longer the oppressive tax burden on honest, hardworking individuals remains unaddressed, the larger and more deadly this fire will become." According to staffers, Franks plans to honor the nine individuals who have perished in the blaze by introducing additional legislation this week that would eliminate Medicaid.