re: #25 Killgore Trout

I don’t think that’s accurate. Here’s a Bloomberg article

House Republicans Propose $2.2 Trillion Fiscal-Cliff Plan

I interpret this to mean that Republicans aren’t using speculative scoring based on possible economic preditions for the savings. It’s coming from real revenue increases.

So where is the revenue coming from KT?

Boehner’s letter said the additional $800 billion would come through “pro-growth tax reform that closes special- interest loopholes and deductions while lowering rates.” He didn’t lay out specific proposals for curbing tax breaks and didn’t offer additional revenue for 2013.

Didn’t we just have this very same debate between Obama and Romney. Obama won.