Boehner: Americans Back Balanced GOP Plan to Avoid Fiscal Cliff A new survey shows a strong majority of Americans favor Speaker John Boehner’s framework for averting the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates and hurting our economy. Through a \”combination of pro-growth tax reform and entitlement reform,\” we can avoid the fiscal cliff, \”bring jobs home and make our economy stronger,\” says Speaker Boehner. This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies. Related