My letter in the LA Times Re: The Rich, The Budget, Moderates and the GOP

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Re "Obama calls meeting to break debt impasse," July 6

So House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said budget talks will be "fruitless" unless the president abandons calls for any tax increases. "The American people simply won't stand for it," he said.

Which American people? Not most, because repealing Bush-era tax cuts for the uber-wealthy isn't raising taxes on average Americans, and the 2% at the top are the only segment of Americans prospering in the post-recession anyway. To suggest that their largesse is sacred while programs such as Medicare and education grants must be cut should make moderates run from the Republican Party.

G. Colby Allerton