In amongst the usual GOP blather about why the rich should not pay any taxes from Ryan, this nugget:
Ryan, while backing a payroll tax hike, nevertheless said that tax hikes cannot be part of the deficit-cutting proposal that the super committee comes up with. As part of his explanation, Ryan made it clear that he sees no difference between raising taxes proactively and allowing tax breaks to expire. "You already have a $1.5 trillion tax increase coming in 2013," he said, referring to the expiration of the Bush tax cuts that were extended by President Obama for two years. Ryan's reference to the expiration as an "increase" gives greater weight to his willingness to let tax cuts for the middle class expire.Now Ryan has obviously not given up hope of avoiding letting the Bush tax cuts expire (except perhaps for the 'little people'). But doesn't merely admitting the possibility that the GOP might not get its way count as apostasy in GOP circles these days?
Has the GOP suddenly lost its game?
