The bombastic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Representative Dennis Bonnen, is at it again. He’s quoted in the Austin American-Statesman as “I’ve been willing to give all the way, but somebody has to talk,” about the difference between the proposed Senate versus House tax cut plans.
“I’ve learned in the years I’ve been around here: You don’t solve problems by being absolute, you don’t solve problems by insisting on your way or the highway and so I’m open to all opportunities available,” the Angleton Republican said according to the paper.
Rep. Dennis Bonnen
Here’s the problem with Bonnen’s bombastic statement: All of his quotes in the other press accounts demonstrate that he has not been open to “all opportunities” and remains strongly opposed to property tax reform and cuts offered by the Senate. Bonnen did say about the House plan to cut the sales tax “I would love to put it all into reducing the franchise tax. I am beyond comfortable with that.”
Bonnen can play the Bill Clinton-like role of being the one open to compromise with the Senate claiming he’s “open to all opportunities available” while running the opposition to the Senate’s property tax cuts but, he’s likely not to be as effective as was Clinton given that Bonnen’s opposition has been so obvious and up-front.
In early April, before his own tax relief plan had even been heard in his own Ways and Means Committee, Bonnen blasted the Senate tax relief plan via the Quorum Report saying: “Proposed property tax cuts are a short-term sugar high with no long-term benefits.”
It would be nice if Bonnen would turn-down the bombast and turn-up the work at reconciliation with the Senate tax plan.
Bonnen’s bombast belies reality on tax cuts
Robert Pratt
The bombastic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Representative Dennis Bonnen, is at it again. He’s quoted in the Austin American-Statesman as “I’ve been willing to give all the way, but somebody has to talk,” about the difference between the proposed Senate versus House tax cut plans.
“I’ve learned in the years I’ve been around here: You don’t solve problems by being absolute, you don’t solve problems by insisting on your way or the highway and so I’m open to all opportunities available,” the Angleton Republican said according to the paper.
Rep. Dennis Bonnen
Here’s the problem with Bonnen’s bombastic statement: All of his quotes in the other press accounts demonstrate that he has not been open to “all opportunities” and remains strongly opposed to property tax reform and cuts offered by the Senate. Bonnen did say about the House plan to cut the sales tax “I would love to put it all into reducing the franchise tax. I am beyond comfortable with that.”
Bonnen can play the Bill Clinton-like role of being the one open to compromise with the Senate claiming he’s “open to all opportunities available” while running the opposition to the Senate’s property tax cuts but, he’s likely not to be as effective as was Clinton given that Bonnen’s opposition has been so obvious and up-front.
In early April, before his own tax relief plan had even been heard in his own Ways and Means Committee, Bonnen blasted the Senate tax relief plan via the Quorum Report saying: “Proposed property tax cuts are a short-term sugar high with no long-term benefits.”
It would be nice if Bonnen would turn-down the bombast and turn-up the work at reconciliation with the Senate tax plan.