What a bunch of suckers!

The Dems will simply state, "this is a good first start", and expect to build the revenue side from this point.

Then they´ll claim they solved the problems with no Republican getting any credit for the solution.

Starting point: cut 100% of all congress salaries, benefits and staff salaries.
They only get paid when the budget is balanced.
No pay for slouchers.

This is a dumb idea. This is the plan from the "Fix the Debt" group. It´s made up of a lot of corporate leaders looking for tax breaks. Republicans are stepping in it. The msm is ready with the GOP only cares about the rich attacks on Obama´s behalf.

Stop fighting on Obama´s turf, make him fight on yours. Take taxes off the table. Give him the tax increase for those earning more than one million. It´s going to happen anyway. Fight on spending and entitlements. That´s where Dems and Obama are vulnerable.

Bammy´s a jerk.
He´s gonna own a recession in time for the 2014 midterms.

Boehner´s all right, and the GOP now has a plan.
More than Bammy can claim.
Bammy´s gonna have a bad second term.
Ya think?

No, no, no!

Not one cent of new revenue.

Haven´t these morons ever learned anything? President Reagan´s tax-rate vutss brought in new revenue, and the Dems promptly spent some $2-$2-$4 for each new dollar coming in.

There are no laws of economics or physics that require linkage. Step One -- cut the spending! Then, maybe, we´ll see what´s next.

Quit negotiations, pass what you want and leave town to go on vacation. That is what the democrats would do if roles were reversed. Let the senate deal with any democrat version of a plan.

Don´t make a deal, you idiots! Let Dear Leader have his taxes on the wealthy. Walk out in protest. Avoid obstructionist charges. Avoid groveling before the feet of Dear Leader. Let the gimmiecrats prove your point that taxing the wealthy hurts regular Americans. Let them own this economy.

I´m okay with Republicans taking the blame for the fiscal cliff and having my taxes raised back to the pre-Bush levels if it takes that to thwart Obama´s idiotic punish-the-successful themes. They can´t chicken out just because of Newt Gingrich in the Clinton era. We can´t be afraid of our own shadows.

Excellent. This is a good enough counter offer. Now the ball is right back in Obama´s court :-)

obama and reid will just ignore it, and the proposal will die and be forgotten.

Leave it to the GOP to use a Democrats proposal that includes $800 bil in new tax revenues. See, the GOP and Left are of the same family.

Obama isn´t sweating anything and people who predict that the Republicans are setting themselves up for some kind of PR victory for 2014 aren´t learning from history. No matter how responsible he is for it, when real suffering occurs, Obama and his flying monkeys will blame the GOP and the media will dutifully carry out their marching orders and ask Republicans why they want to see average Americans suffer. There will be news stories galore about those suffering in what is sure to be "one of the coldest winters in history". Their suffering will be attributed to the Repubican´s inability to lead on this very important and painful issue.

I´m sick of it. It´s been going on way too many times. Deals. 10 year reductions. All smoke and mirrors.

The GOP will fold like a cheap chair on this issue in 3...2...1

GOP raises taxes $800 billion will be the headline.

Yes, because the perception of the GOP doing nothing has worked so well in the past months. Negotiation is not always wonderful, but it is the way the real world works....especially Washington.