Friday, July 28, 2006
Republicans will be Republicans
And in a most characteristic move, the Grisly Old Party has moved to bring out a minimum wage increase and tied it to a Paris Hilton tax cut. From the AP,
Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, lawmakers said Friday....And why are so some Republicans moving away from party orthodoxy?
....Republicans hoped to put Democrats in the uncomfortable position of voting against the minimum wage increase and the estate tax cut - and an accompanying bipartisan package of popular tax breaks, including a research and development credit for businesses and deductions for college tuition and state sales taxes.
But there was GOP discontent, too. Some conservative in the House were unhappy about the minimum wage vote while moderates in the party were restive about it being tied to cuts in the estate tax.
Lawmakers fear being pounded with 30-second campaign ads over the August recess that would tie Congress' upcoming $3,300 pay increase with Republicans' refusal to raise the minimum wage.Let's pound them to a pulp!
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