It’s time to play ‘fill in the blanks’
Dec 21, 2012, 8:50 AM | Updated: 9:42 am
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Fill in the Blanks is where you get a chance to participate in today’s commentary.
Last night House Republicans couldn’t bring themselves to pass Plan B, which was a compromise proposed by Speaker John Boehner to preserve the current tax cuts for everyone except Americans making over $1 million a year.
It would have meant raising taxes on the top .19 percent of taxpayers. As House Speaker John Boehner explained:
“They weren’t taking that out on me. They were dealing of with a perception that someone might accuse them of raising taxes. Merry Christmas everybody.”
And as a result, we now face a big increase in taxes on everyone.
So now let’s Fill in the Blanks. Ready?
READY.
Last night, House Republicans refused to pass ________
Answer: Plan B.
Because most of the members thought that _________
Answer: It was about contraceptives?
No!
Because they thought keeping taxes high on the top .19 percent would look bad.
Answer: Look bad.
Right.
However this means taxes are also going to go up on the middle class, which not only looks bad but would _________
Answer: Kill the economy.
At the same time, making sudden across the board spending cuts is bad because it would__________
Answer: Kill the economy.
But if you don’t do that would increase the debt which according to some people would also _________
Answer: Kill the economy.
So what we’ve decided to is __________
Answer: nothing.
Which will ___________
Answer: Kill the economy.
All because raising taxes on high-income Americans would __________
Answer: Look bad.
All of which proves __________
Answer: the Mayans were right.
And Boehner can be heard saying, “Merry Christmas, everybody.”