With just 10 days until the Dec. 31 expiration of the 2 percent payroll tax cut, House Republicans are threatening to impose a tax increase on 160 million Americans. Maybe it’s because many House Republicans - including the most senior among them - didn’t support extending the payroll tax cut in the first place:
House Speaker John Boehner: “Another little short-term gimmick"
Bloomberg News - June. 23
Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling: It doesn’t work
CNN - June 16 (“GOP lawmakers say no to a payroll tax cut extension")
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, through spokesman: “All tax relief is not created equal"
New York Times - Aug. 25 (“For some in GOP, a tax cut not worth embracing")
Rep. Paul Ryan: “I don’t think sugar-high economics works"
The Hill - June 16
Rep. Jeff Flake: “I’m for ending it"
New York Times - Nov. 30
