Republicans had a message Wednesday for President Obama as he prepared to outline his deficit-reduction plan, with at least a partial emphasis on taxes: Don't go there.
GOP leaders reiterated their argument that Washington has a "spending problem," not a revenue problem, and that new taxes on the wealthy -- who Republicans describe as the job creators and small business owners who will drive the economic recovery -- are a bad idea.
"I hope we don't have a re-do and a do-over of the tax agreement," House Republican Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said, referring to the bipartisan deal to extend the Bush tax cuts for two years. "This was an issue that was litigated in the election last fall"...
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