Letters to the Editor
Rep. Rob Woodall: "I Will Not be Complicit in Kicking the Can Down the Road"
Rep. Woodall discusses his thoughts on the fiscal cliff in this letter to the editor.
(Editor's note: the following was sent by Rep. Rob Woodall (R) as a letter to the editor to Snellville Patch.) If you've turned on a television or opened a newspaper in the last few weeks, you've no doubt seen the so-called "fiscal cliff" conversation unfolding in Washington. The "fiscal cliff" is Washington-speak for the expiration of Bush-era tax rates coupled with across-the-board spending cuts on many domestic spending accounts. While the fiscal cliff coverage continues to escalate as the January deadline draws near, I can tell you these discussions are absolutely nothing new. They are a continuation of every discussion that the House and the President have had during my two years in Congress: the President wants to see taxes go up…
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Ron J. Casper
12:35 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Raise taxes on all above $300,000.00, I have no problem with that, but cut spending also. Heck, if the US Goverment just cut out all wasteful spending, and cut the goverment payroll, we would not have to consider the amount of tax increases or spending cuts we are talking about. more ›