On Saturday, officially breaking his Pledge to America, Boehner offered Obama a proposal for a millionaire tax hike (just what it sounds like, raising the top marginal rate on anyone making a million or more), which Obama still hasn't accepted (and likely won't). And this is called 'progress' by the media intelligentsia.
Then on Sunday, Boehner made further progress, offering a concession on the debt limit, pushing any fight over that off for a year; and with it, erasing any leverage Republicans had in the budget battle. Brilliant strategy, you numbskull.
Monday morning, Boehner had another secret meeting with Obama. This is the latest in a series of behind-closed-door talks. Who knows what the guy is conceding in that vacuum...
We all knew this day was coming. Boehner is now conceding that Republicans will vote for a tax rate increase on those making more than 1 million as well as raising the debt ceiling for another year, but he’s still demanding 1 trillion in entitlement cuts... Boehner will give in on the entitlement cuts before too long as well. It’s just a matter of time before he sells out the Republican Party completely.
There can be no more question about the need to depose the so-called leader of the one branch of government that holds control over the purse-strings. Neither can it be more obvious that the man is well in over his head when it comes to negotiating with a statist regime. At this point, he's utterly enabling.
UPDATE: Well, it looks like our Legislator-in-Chief and feckless Speaker (who's actually supposed to be a legislator) are getting closer to a deal that really won't scratch the surface of solving our fiscal problems. The Great Obama is willing to increase his $250,000 threshold to $400,000 (how gracious), supposedly offering $1.2 trillion in tax hikes and an identical level in spending cuts (yeah, who are they kidding?)...all over the usual 10 year stretch, as if that's gonna get our fiscal house back in order. What a farce...
