Time for the GOP to Attack Show Obama as Unwilling To Compromise on Fiscal Cliff Posted By: Yidwithlid 12/4/2012 8:25:44 AM The Lid, by Jeff Dunetz Original Article
No More Mr. Nice Speaker! Its time for the Congressional Republicans to fight back. Yesterday´s counter-offer made by House leadership and the almost immediate rejection by President Obama shows the GOP willing to compromise and the President glued to his position.
The Bohener offer called for $800 billion in new revenue via tax-code reform along with spending cuts and entitlement reforms that would trim a little over $2 trillion dollars off the deficit. The $800 in revenue created by the GOP plan is equivalent to the funds generated by eliminating the "Bush tax cuts for families making more than $250K (individuals