Comments on: Jeff Miller: Voting Against Fiscal Cliff Deal

By: Januice

Januice — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:44:58 +0000

I think honestly we need to CLEAN HOUSE!!!

By: bill

bill — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:14:44 +0000

Mike J – I agree totally with a flat tax especially since the very rich are now paying a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than the average middle class person.

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:41:09 +0000

All the more reason to have a flat tax so that everybody pays the same percentage on taxes. The rich lobby Congress to exclude dividends in taxable income, but I would not want that allowed. Flat tax, people! That would be fair to everybody, rich or poor or middle-class.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:12:17 +0000

In 2001, George Bush, Jr. inherited a 200 billion dollar surplus and acted like it was a hot potato that he had to get rid of. He signed the Medicare prescription bill that added about a trillion to our debt. The no child left behind act that was unfunded and broke the back of the state’s budgets. Started two wars that cost trillions of dollars, then the bankers and stock market crooks stole the money and ran, destroying the world’s economy. Now the Neo-cons are complaining about budget deficits. Why didn’t they continue with the bi-partisan policies of the 90’s that gave us a balanced budget?

By: Taxpayer1

Taxpayer1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:19:26 +0000

Congressman Miller,
Everyone understands and know the facts that face all Americans…even the far-far right! the questions here are: Solving the problems facing this country..Just simply voting for or against something isn’t the answer! I clear see that all voted to give Congress a raise? now that really reduced Goverment spending?
Last, to you Congressman Miller you can continue to be part of the problem or part of the Solution!!!!!!!! but simply voting against something doesn’t impress me at all………………………………………………..

By: fred

fred — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:53:53 +0000

I think the worst thing about this, and the part that galls me the most, is the way the Republicans lump Social Security and Medicare into the same sentence as “wasteful spending” and the euphemism “entitlements” which in context are characterized as something for nothing. The fact is that those of us who have worked our entire lives and paid taxes have been required by statute to pay into Social Security and Medicare, and these programs are figured into everyone’s compensation and retirement package. Now, the Repubs (of which I am one, a lifetime party member) appear ready to gut these programs, which we have paid into, in order to reduce the debt. There’s not that much money there to be reclaimed, first, and by taking away our retirement and old age healthcare insurance, you basically steal our retirement and health insurance which we are paying for. How is that different from an insurance company refusing to pay a claim, or dropping coverage after receiving premiums for years? You want to ensure viability to these programs? Put back the money raided from Social Security over the years. Don’t balance the debt problem on our backs, we pay our taxes.

By: billw

billw — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:40:05 +0000

It was always my understanding that the House appropriates (spends ) the funds on all bills that are passed. I don’t think the Executive branch can spend money other than what they get from Congress. Now all the sudden one party says wasn’t me, we’re not to blame. It was those other guys.

Every vote cast since you’ve been there has contributed to this mess one way or another. As for that no tax pledge, you painted yourself in a corner and you can only vote one way. If your oath to the constitution were as strong as the oath to not raise taxes at any cost you could vote freely on what’s best for our Country.

Just as Congress, by voting together on all these issues, got us here they should be able to work together to get us out. If it means changing the tax code as well as cutting spending, so be it. Maybe if calm heads would work together and not wait till we’re on the cliff compromises could be worked out to fix this for the long term.

This problem didn’t sneak up on us, Congressman. If you didn’t see this coming a long time ago maybe you aren’t the best person to represent our district. Nothing against you personally but we need leaders, men of strong character, not sheep to represent us

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:06:15 +0000

Miller votes against everything and offers up nothing by way of Bills with solutions.

Besides the fact that the USA has to pay our bills, Congress has to be able fund Bills that it previously passed that became Law.
We are also still recovering for the economic fall out in 2008 and recovery doesn’t happen if people aren’t spending. Cutting funding now would be regressive toward making our economy stronger.
The Uber Rich top few % need to pay the same tax rate percentage as those who make 30K a year. That would help with lowering the Deficit and should have happened if Congress really cares about the Deficit..
None of Republican doomsday rhetoric has been accurate and they need to have political debate, not knee jerking panic attacks with no context.
If or where there is waste in government, put controls in place to stop it, but you can’t just be irresponsible and not fund it.

By: Steve Godwin

Steve Godwin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:12:52 +0000

We need elected officials that will work together to solve our problems not just spout out rhetoric and play the blame game.

By: xpeecee

xpeecee — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:09:31 +0000

Well stated, Harvey!!!