Just in case any conservatives were still thinking about voting for the son of President "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" Bush, Jeb has helpfully reminded us of what a bad idea that would be. Apparently having learned nothing from his father's disasterous mistake, Jeb seems eager to raise taxes in an agreement with dems. You know, they agree to cut spending in the future. wink wink, and we go along with tax increases now. Seriously, exactly how dumb does he think we are? Jeb Bush hasenthusiastically endorseda "grand bargain" tax increase with Democrats, says his father's 1990 "Read My Lips" tax increase"created the spending restraint of the 90's,"(false -- see details below) and refuses to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to the American people. And today, as reported in apiece by The Daily Beast's Tim Mak, the Jeb Bush camp refuses to even answer the question of whether Jeb will make any general statement promising not to raise taxes: Pressed regarding Jeb Bush’s positions on taxes, his aides did not directly respond to a question about whether Jeb Bush might make a general promise to voters more broadly not to raise taxes. Meanwhile, as governors, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, and Rick Perry have all signed — and kept — the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. As Senators, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio have all signed — and kept — the pledge. As president, George W. Bush kept his tax promise to the American people. George H.W. Bush, reflecting upon his "Read My Lips" tax hike, deemed it thegreatest mistake of his presidency. Regarding Jeb's claim that the 1990 Read My Lips tax hike created spending restraint, let's take a look at what actually happened: The 1990 “Read My Lips” Budget Deal Scam Starting in May of 1990, President George H.W. Bush huddled with Democrat House and Senate members at Andrews Air Force Base. What was Promised: Congressional Democrats convinced a number of Republicans to join them in a bipartisan deal promising $2 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases. President Bush signed the deal on November 5, 1990. What Actually Happened: Every penny of the tax increases ($137 billion from 1991-1995) went through. Not only did the Democrats break their promise to cut spending below the CBO baseline by $274 billion—they actually spent $23 billion above CBO’s pre-budget deal spending baseline. Thirty-four House Republicans broke their own Taxpayer Protection Pledges and went along with this one-sided “deal.” As a result, Republicans lost eight seats in the 1990 Congressional midterms, and President Bush only received 38% of the vote in the 1992 Presidential election. Read more:http://www.atr.org/#ixzz3Ura40gMt Follow us:@taxreformer on Twitter
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Ever stop to think, it doesn't matter which party gets into office, nothing changes.......it just keeps going downhill.
I'm liking Jeb more every day. Except he is devote delusionist - I mean Catholic- and is avoiding any rational talk about AGW.
Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, and Rick Perry have all signed — and kept — the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. As Senators, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio have all signed — and kept — the pledge. ^Idiots
I like it! In about two years..... Jeb Bush: "I inherited a shitstorm of a fiscal situation from Obama".