Morning Quote: Raise taxes on the corporations!

The town hall backlash over the Ryan budget, which would end Medicare as we know it, and extend tax cuts for the wealthy while decimating other programs, continues.

Rep. Dan Webster (R-FL) threatened to have a constituent thrown out of his town hall because the constituent (Taylor) told him that the state has to “raise taxes on the corporations”.

TAYLOR: What I want to know is, we’ve been able to balance our budget before by raising taxes and lowering spending and we know this because Eisenhower did it, Ford did it, Reagan did it, Bush the first did it, they were all Republicans. I want to know who’s going to pay, who’s going to pay for this? Because I don’t think we should take away Social Security [sic] just because we’re under 55 and public education, we need public education. [Inaudible] That’s wrong.

WEBSTER: The problem is this. Who’s going to pay? Your children and your grandchildren. That’s who’s going to pay. If we continue on this, yes, can we fund a lot of things going up this line? Sure can. But just know, most of it’s borrowed money.

TAYLOR: You need to raise taxes on the corporations! [Inaudible] And stop the wars! Just stop all the warring.

WEBSTER: Just a minute. I can hear, everybody in here can hear. So you’re making a choice of whether you want to stay or not.

TAYLOR: Answer the question!

[Audience cheers] [Two men walk out in protest]

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