Jim DeMint says Boehner plan will destroy American jobs and won't reduce $16 trillion debt by a single penny

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12/6/12, "DeMint takes parting shot at Boehner," The Hill, J. Easley

"Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who shocked Washington on Thursday with the announcement that he would resign his Senate seat in January to become president of the the Heritage Foundation, sent a parting shot at Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) over the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.

“I’m not with Boehner,” DeMint said on CNN’s "The Situation Room." “This government doesn’t need any more money, this country needs less government.”...

On Tuesday, DeMint released his own statement trashing the GOP plan.

“Speaker Boehner’s $800 billion tax hike will destroy American jobs and allow politicians in Washington to spend even more, while not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny,” he said in a statement. “If neither party leadership is going to put forward a serious plan to balance the budget and pay down the debt, we should end this charade.”...

“The president has known about this so-called cliff for a year and has yet to produce a plan that is comprehensive that reduces our deficit,” he continued. ...

The White House’s initial offer proposed $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue through higher rates on high-income earners.

Polling suggests the public supports a compromise that includes tax increases and spending cuts. DeMint argues that’s because Republicans have not done a good enough job of selling their policies to the people. He said he can do that better at Heritage than he could as a member of the U.S. Senate."...

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