Bridenstine: Sequestration Deal Will Lead to Higher Taxes
Oklahoma Jim Bridenstine says GOP is caving too much on budget
BY RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
BIXBY – House Republicans have been “caving too much” on budget issues and must not buckle under pressure in the weeks ahead, 1st District U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine said during a town hall meeting here Tuesday.
“My concern,” he said, “and I think the concern of a lot of Republicans in Congress, is that once the sequester takes effect, people are going to be screaming for a deal, and that deal ultimately is going to be what the president wants – to raise taxes.
And if there’s enough pressure, (Speaker John Boehner) will bring it to the floor and 200 Democrats and 30 or 40 Republicans will vote for it. And once again you have the speaker caucusing with the Democrats.”
Asked what kind of compromises he would accept, Bridenstine said he thought there would be some on immigration, then added, “My beef is not that we aren’t compromising enough. My beef is that we’re caving too much. If everything you do is what the president wants, then there is no compromise.”