Cactus Flower,
"I wonder if the Republican herd will ever realise it is being led around by the nose."
Republicans like to play 'dumb' when it suits them.
Their primary goal is to get Obama out of the Oval, even at the expense of the global economy & the American people.
Yet, they claim to be 'patriotic'... give us a break!
Boehner On Whether Letting The Payroll Tax Cut Expire Hurts The Economy: ‘I’m Not An Economist’
By Pat Garofalo on Dec 1, 2011 at 2:24 pm
In just a few weeks, a cut in the payroll tax is scheduled to expire, hitting 113 million households with a tax increase in a weak economy. Democrats have been pushing to extend the cut, while Republicans, for weeks, have balked at the plan. Only in the last few days has the GOP come around to the position that extending the tax is possible, though Republicans still refuse to budge on the Democrats’ plan to pay for the extension with a surtax on income above $1 million.
Today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was asked during a briefing whether he believes that allowing the payroll tax cut to expire would hurt the economy. He simply replied, “I’m not an economist”:
I’m not an economist. I don’t know what kind of an impact it’s going to have on the economy.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/01/379915/boehner-not-an-economist/
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