This is ridiculous but hey, this is the modern GOP. Their only purpose is to say no to everything, especially when it might impact the wealthiest Americans. The Republicans ought to change their name to the "Screw the middle class party" and show some honesty in advertising. The GOP is already on the ropes with their Medicare-killing plan but the Democrats need to keep going and make it clear to the public that the Republicans don't care at all about the budget nor do they care about the survival of the middle class.
Democrats, Van Hollen said, had offered Republicans “a menu of options” on how to reform the tax code to achieve the desired target of $4 trillion in savings over the next 10 to 12 years, but that none of those choices were palatable to the GOP.
On that so-called “menu” of revenue options were oil subsidies, corporate jet taxes and “phasing out” of deductions and tax preferences for Americans who make more than $500,000, which Van Hollen said was “along the lines” of last winter’s bipartisan deficit commission recommendations.
“What we’ve seen on the Republican side, overall, is all take and no give. Any serious approach requires compromise and that’s going to be required to achieve the adult moment Speaker Boehner called for,” Van Hollen said. “Until the Republicans are more worried about reducing the deficit than they are about Grover Norquist, then we’ve got a problem.”
