![The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-only-reason-the-president-insists-on-raising-tax-rates-is-because-he-knows.jpg)
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