Jeb Bush Annoying Conservatives Again By Not Promising To Never Raise Taxes

[Matt Collins]

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/taxes-jeb-bush-annoying-conservative-republicans-again-n355761

 

[Root]

Matt "No-content" Collins strikes again...

[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]Unlike most of the other Republican 2016 hopefuls, Jeb Bush has pointedly refused to rule out raising taxes on the wealthy, opening up another divide between the ex-Florida governor and conservatives in his party.[/FONT][FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]Americans for Tax Reform, an influential conservative group, has for more than two decades circulated a pledge in which candidates commit to opposing any net tax increase. Most Republican members of Congress have signed it, as have more than a dozen GOP governors and about 1000 state legislators, according to ATR.[/FONT]
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[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas have signed the pledge as presidential candidates over the last few weeks. They have committed, in the words of the agreement, to oppose "any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and business" and "any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."[/FONT]

 

[William Tell]

Read his lips....

I guess there's not much for him to gain anyway by signing it, no one would believe him.

 

[SilentBull]

It's crazy how arrogant these people are. He knows he can take that position and others, and still do well because of the help he will receive from the media.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Jeb lacks his father's Reagan coattails, or his brother George's kind-of charismatic appeal to make a credible tax promise, even counting the media pushing him. It's not just the Bush brand that has been damaged---the GOP in general is now burned due to its single minded focus on delivering ONLY on its hawkish policy promises. Reagan/GHW Bush ran on a triple platform of pro-growth, pro-defense, and pro-family agendas, but only delivered on two of those fronts (no major policy victories for social conservatives). GW Bush ran on the same three fronts, but only delivered on one (more wars, but no social victories, and he outspent Clinton 3 to 1).

Since the last decade going forward, national Republicans are by now only associated with no-limits foreign meddling, "no intervention we ever do is a mistake" type commitments, while caving to the Democrats or Big Business on everything else. This is not enough to energize frustrated conservative voters, who are not getting at least two thirds of what they want, and so are staying home. This is also not attracting new or independent voters either, who see the only thing the GOP really wants to do, upon winning the White House, is invade or bomb more countries. If they pick another milquetoast moderate like Bush for the nomination, most everyone knows we're in for amnesty, more wars, more taxes, and more new morality for years to come.

 

[satchelmcqueen]

why doesnt this jackass just stop right now?

 

[Ronin Truth]

Hunh, can't really imagine, since that no new taxes pledge all turned out so well for Poppy.