Pawlenty: Federal tax bill "a mixed bag."

Posted at 4:13 PM on December 14, 2010 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Tim Pawlenty

Gov. Pawlenty says a federal tax bill that would extend the Bush era tax cuts for another two years is a "mixed bag." He was asked about the deal, which President Obama and Republicans in Congress negotiated, after his speech in Rochester today.

"It's a mixed bag. I think in the middle of a recession we don't want to be raising taxes so continuing the current tax structure is an important step but unfortunately they loaded it up with a bunch of other stuff that's spending that will add to the debt in profound ways. That's not helpful especially when you have a country that's going broke."

Pawlenty didn't indicate in the interview whether he would support the measure but he reportedly told Fox News that he would back it.

"I would support it because of the tax extensions, but, again, each side got what they want. And those tax extensions are really important."

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