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Originally Posted by Cletus Miller
The party which controls the house has forbidden any tax increase. So, again, "realistic" it is not.
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There are ways for them to reach a compromise that they can lable a tax decrease when it's actually an increase (ala the budget commission).
Club's apocolyptic visions aside, it's going to come down to whether the House leadership and the White House can reach a historic compromise that can get enough bipartisan votes in both houses to pass. It's possible, but a punt seems more likely.
A punt with some trivial spending cuts that the Rs can use to proclaim their fiscal responsibility, while blaming Dems for the ongoing budget issues, of course.
ETA: Btw, to be clear, I agree with your inclusion of "realistic" in the original post.
