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  1. Fiscalsummit.com updated with new photos (bit.ly/LfGuoV) and videos (bit.ly/JcTuuT) from the 2012 Fiscal Summit!
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  4. Boehner: I got involved in this for one reason: To make sure what was available to all of us is available to our kids and grandkids.
  5. Boehner: Every American’s rates will come down. Clean out the underbrush in tax code. Some may pay more, some may pay less. #fiscalsummit
  6. Boehner: President and I have a very good relationship. Different views, but Americans expect us to find common ground. #fiscalsummit
  7. Boehner: Let’s start debt-limit, fiscal discussions now. Why wait until after the election? Because it’s inconvenient? #fiscalsummit
  8. Boehner: Everybody knows what the menu is, it’s just a matter of having the guts to choose from what’s on the menu. #fiscalsummit
  9. Boehner: I’m ready, and I’ve been ready. This is the last position in government I will hold. I haven’t come this far to walk away.
  10. ...The letdown was considerable. In turn, the US credit rating was downgraded for the first time. It should also be the last time. (2/2)
  11. Boehner: Last summer, we enacted a package with cuts and reforms larger than the debt limit hike. But it could have been so much more. (1/2)
  12. Boehner: The markets aren’t going to wait forever; eventually they’re going to start reacting. #fiscalsummit
  13. Boehner: Changes to entitlements take time and are phased-in slowly. Smart and modest changes today mean huge dividends down the line.
  14. Boehner: We’ll have a tax code that maintains progressivity, taxes income once, and creates a fairer, simpler code. #fiscalsummit
  15. Boehner: If we do this right, we will never again have to deal with the uncertainty of expiring tax rates. #fiscalsummit
  16. Boehner: We will establish an expedited process by which Congress would enact real tax reform in 2013 – a timeline for both houses to act.
  17. Boehner: …lowers rates for individuals and businesses while closing deductions, credits, and special carveouts. (2/2) #fiscalsummit