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The Heart Of Political FAIL! (can you say “Cynical?)

The Congressional Republican are offering a budget “compromise“:

“Republicans say the new revenue would come from limits on itemized tax deductions”…

“The breakdown, according to aides: $250 billion from limits on itemized tax deductions, such as the mortgage interest deduction on second homes, and about $40 billion in money the government would save by changing the way it calculates who qualifies for government benefits (“chained CPI”)”.

OK. Sound like something I’ve recommended, tax simplification, or at least the start of that process.

So what’s the problem?

“The money captured from the tax overhaul would be used to lower the top individual tax rate to 28 percent and toward deficit reduction, aides say.”

WTF?????

Does anyone think the elimination these few deductions will not only pay for yet another tax reduction on anybody AND also be able to contribute at all to any deficit reduction?

They know damned well that the Congressional democrats will never go for yet another tax rate reduction for the rich! And I forgot to mention that the other poison pill in this thing is a provision to make the Bush tax cuts permanent! This is just as bad as the crap Obama pulled during the so-called budget negotiations last time around where he slipped a huge tax increase in at the last minute, knowing the Republicans would outright reject it.

I am so sick of this shit.

People…. Can we PLEASE stop voting for people with either a “D” or “R” next to their name and vote independent? We need to show the politicians on BOTH SIDES we are absolutely sick of being jerked arouns like this!