On the recordDecember 4, 2012
Not only we're putting the $800 billion on the table but we're going to aim it at the rich. And the rich are the ones who are going to pay.
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transcripts.cnn.comJohn Boehner: “Not only we're putting the $800 billion on the table but we're going to aim it at the rich. And the rich are the ones…”
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Boehner acknowledges the GOP's willingness to consider tax increases aimed at the wealthy as part of the negotiations.
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