3.28.2013

Huffington Post Popular News: John Boehner Quote Of Lincoln Edits Out His Call For Higher Taxes

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) quotes Abraham Lincoln in a memo released Thursday as warning of debt, but ignores the former president's call for a tax or tariff.


The messaging to House Republicans quotes Lincoln expressing concern over debt:


The book Congressman Lincoln by Chris DeRose, which I recently read, includes a chapter focused on Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to help craft a new national agenda. At one point in the book, young Lincoln warns that government debt is “growing with a rapidity fearful to contemplate.”

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