John Boehner Calls Tax Break For Middle Class ‘Chicken-Shit’

[Lakhota]

By Alex Seitz-Wald

Despite their stated opposition to tax increases, Republican lawmakers have been largely cool or even hostile to a proposed extension of the temporary payroll tax cut, pushed by President Obama and Democrats. Finally, this week, Republicans seemed to relent as GOP congressional leaders publicly urged their caucuses to vote for an extension of the plan. “The fact is that Republicans are doing everything we can to allow American families and small businesses to keep more of what they earn,” Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said this morning of efforts to whip GOP lawmakers to support an extension.

But in private, Boehner seems to hold a different view. Politico reports that in a closed-door GOP meeting this morning, Boehner referred to an extension of the payroll tax holiday as “chicken-shit,” saying he wanted to tack on unrelated legislation favored by Republicans to make it palatable:

GOP leadership told its membership at a closed-door meeting Friday morning it would couple with the expiring tax provisions an easing of environmental regulations on boilers, selling broadband spectrum and paving the way for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. [...]

Speaker John Boehner referred to the package he’s putting forward as turning “chicken-sh — into chicken salad,” according to people attending the meeting in the Capitol basement Friday morning.

More: After Signaling Support, John Boehner Calls Tax Break For Middle Class 'Chicken-Shit' | ThinkProgress

House GOP loads up year-end bill - Jake Sherman and Seung Min Kim - POLITICO.com

 

[Chris]

This is the Republican Party in a nutshell.

For the last 40 years, tax breaks for the rich are all that matters to them.

 

[Political Junky]

By Alex Seitz-Wald

Despite their stated opposition to tax increases, Republican lawmakers have been largely cool or even hostile to a proposed extension of the temporary payroll tax cut, pushed by President Obama and Democrats. Finally, this week, Republicans seemed to relent as GOP congressional leaders publicly urged their caucuses to vote for an extension of the plan. “The fact is that Republicans are doing everything we can to allow American families and small businesses to keep more of what they earn,” Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said this morning of efforts to whip GOP lawmakers to support an extension.

But in private, Boehner seems to hold a different view. Politico reports that in a closed-door GOP meeting this morning, Boehner referred to an extension of the payroll tax holiday as “chicken-shit,” saying he wanted to tack on unrelated legislation favored by Republicans to make it palatable:

GOP leadership told its membership at a closed-door meeting Friday morning it would couple with the expiring tax provisions an easing of environmental regulations on boilers, selling broadband spectrum and paving the way for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. [...]

Speaker John Boehner referred to the package he’s putting forward as turning “chicken-sh — into chicken salad,” according to people attending the meeting in the Capitol basement Friday morning.

More: After Signaling Support, John Boehner Calls Tax Break For Middle Class 'Chicken-Shit' | ThinkProgress

House GOP loads up year-end bill - Jake Sherman and Seung Min Kim - POLITICO.com

It's fun to watch him cut his own throat.

 

[AquaAthena]

This is the Republican Party in a nutshell.

For the last 40 years, tax breaks for the rich are all that matters to them.

It's sound reasoning. The more money they have, the more jobs we have.....

 

[Chris]

This is the Republican Party in a nutshell.

For the last 40 years, tax breaks for the rich are all that matters to them.

It's sound reasoning. The more money they have, the more jobs we have.....

Tax rates for the rich are the lowest they have ever been.

How's that working out?

 

[AquaAthena]

This is the Republican Party in a nutshell.

For the last 40 years, tax breaks for the rich are all that matters to them.

It's sound reasoning. The more money they have, the more jobs we have.....

Tax rates for the rich are the lowest they have ever been.

How's that working out?

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

 

[Chris]

It's sound reasoning. The more money they have, the more jobs we have.....

Tax rates for the rich are the lowest they have ever been.

How's that working out?

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

Republican propaganda.

DEMAND CREATES JOBS.

How do you create demand?

Thru spending.

 

[Ropey]

Tax rates for the rich are the lowest they have ever been.

How's that working out?

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

Republican propaganda.

DEMAND CREATES JOBS.

How do you create demand?

Thru spending.

How do you create unreasonable demand?

Thru taxing and spending and increasing government...

 

[Chris]

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

Republican propaganda.

DEMAND CREATES JOBS.

How do you create demand?

Thru spending.

How do you create unreasonable demand?

Thru taxing and spending and increasing government...

Actually increasing government works really well.

Out of control capitalism destroyed the world economy in 1929 and 2008.

 

[AquaAthena]

It's sound reasoning. The more money they have, the more jobs we have.....

Tax rates for the rich are the lowest they have ever been.

How's that working out?

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBVrHB0AdQ]Company Policy We are not hiring until Obama is gone - YouTube[/ame]

 

[occupied]

Before long they will be openly calling the shrinking middle class "parasites" the way they are the working poor right now.

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

Boehner calls tax breaks for the middle class "chicken shit."

Why?

Because it doesn't serve his rich masters.

 

[AquaAthena]

Tax rates for the rich are the lowest they have ever been.

How's that working out?

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBVrHB0AdQ]Company Policy We are not hiring until Obama is gone - YouTube[/ame]

The business owner said that for every 20 cars that pass him on the highway, after reading his sign on his truck, 19 of them give him a thumbs up......and one gives him that other finger...

 

[Chris]

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday told his rank and file he’s trying to “make chicken salad out of chicken s---t” in the final days of this year’s congressional session.

The remark from Boehner, confirmed to The Hill by a member who was in the room, comes as some Republicans are pushing back against proposals to extend a payroll-tax cut and unemployment benefits.

Boehner tells GOP he

 

[occupied]

The boy-king you elected has employers, terrified and afraid to hire. They have no clue how much they will be taxed for many things, including healthcare costs, per employee. So they are holding back and I would too. They don't know what their overhead ( business expenses ) are going to be, until he is out of office....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBVrHB0AdQ]Company Policy We are not hiring until Obama is gone - YouTube[/ame]

The business owner said that for every 20 cars that pass him on the highway, after reading his sign on his truck, 19 of them give him a thumbs up......and one gives him that other finger...

Pathetic excuse for a businessman, anyone that unreasonably fearful is going to eventually close anyway.

 

[AquaAthena]

Company Policy We are not hiring until Obama is gone - YouTube

The business owner said that for every 20 cars that pass him on the highway, after reading his sign on his truck, 19 of them give him a thumbs up......and one gives him that other finger...

Pathetic excuse for a businessman, anyone that unreasonably fearful is going to eventually close anyway.

 

[Lakhota]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY07eOsGF_s&feature=player_detailpage]The John Boehner Chicken Crap Song - YouTube[/ame]

 

[editec]

John Boehner Calls Tax Break For Middle Class ‘Chicken-Shit’

He's a Republican.

What the hell does John care about the middle class?

That's not his power base.

 

[Chris]

John Boehner Calls Tax Break For Middle Class ‘Chicken-Shit’

He's a Republican.

What the hell does John care about the middle class?

That's not his power base.

That's the point.

Republicans only represent the wealthy.

Their whole strategy is "blame the poor."