BILL O’REILLY: ‘WE NEED TO RAISE MORE REVENUE’

As negotiations continue over a deal to raise the debt limit, Republicans claim they have the American people on their side in their refusal to raise new revenues. They don’t — 19 recent polls show Americans are willing to raise taxes. And now they’ve lost Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. In his “Talking Points” monologue last night, the prominent conservative said “Republicans need to accept the need to raise more revenue,” suggesting a 1 percent national sales tax to help deal with the deficit. Watch it: