VIDEO: Constituents Confront Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) For Holding Debt Negotiations Hostage Over Tax Cuts For Rich
CONSTITUENT: I think it’s fair to say, put the wealthy tax rates back to where they were before 2001. Not a big deal.
DENT: Which rates are you referring to? Seriously–
CONSTITUENT: Thirty nine to thirty five percent–
DENT: You just want to raise the rates straight up.
CONSTITUENT: On the wealthiest people! To fix our fiscal problems.
DENT: That’s small businesses in many cases– [audience boos]
CONSTITUENT: You guys are protecting your sacred cows. Your oil company subsidies, everybody understands that. Just take ‘em, they don’t need them. The tax cuts for the extremely wealthy, they’re doing great, they don’t need them. You can’t come to us and say, ‘We’re going to take your Medicare away because we don’t think it’s working for you.’ [...] That’s why your boys [Republican leadership] are walking out of the room. They say take these off the table. Tell Mr. Cantor to put them back on the table.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/07/02/259919/constituents-charlie-dent/
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