It's Math! The President's Tax Hikes Will Never Fix the Deficit (CHART)

Speaker Boehner distributed a chart today courtesy of Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan clearly showing that even if the president gets all the tax increases he wants, they barely scratch the surface in covering the massive projected spending. Spending is the problem--it's math. The president must outline serious spending cuts and work with House Republicans to establish a balanced approach to averting the fiscal cliff.