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When Barack Obama proposed once again to hike taxes on people earning at or above $250,000, he insisted that polls showed that the American people agreed with him. It was an odd defense, seeing as how his own party refused to push that proposal last year in the Senate, which it controls, but Obama has forced them back into a tough position on the tax hike. Outgoing Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced Thursday that he would oppose it, joining Joe Lieberman and putting Harry Reid in a tough spot.
A new poll from Marist and McClatchy make the position of Reid and Obama even tougher. Contrary to Obama’s claim, a majority of registered voters want all of the current tax rates extended, even those of the highest earners.
The news gets worse for Obama in the demographics:
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Young voters ages 18-29 favored tax cuts for everyone by a margin of 69-29, the largest margin of any age group.
Latinos favored tax cuts for all incomes by 62 percent to 36 percent. Whites supported tax cuts for every income by 50 percent to 44 percent. African-Americans split, 48 percent for limiting the tax cuts to incomes below $250,000 and 47 percent for extending them to all incomes.
And those making less than $50,000 supported tax cuts for all incomes by 53 percent to 41 percent.
It is absolutely false that President Obama has proposed to raise taxes on rich people.
The fact is that the law passed under Bush, and renewed a couple of years ago, calls for the automatic termination of those cuts.
President Obama has proposed extending the tax cuts for 98% of the population, but apparently the Republicans don't want to do anything for 98% of the population unless their constituency, the wealthy, get their pockets lined.
It is absolutely false that President Obama has proposed to raise taxes on rich people.
The fact is that the law passed under Bush, and renewed a couple of years ago, calls for the automatic termination of those cuts.
President Obama has proposed extending the tax cuts for 98% of the population, but apparently the Republicans don't want to do anything for 98% of the population unless their constituency, the wealthy, get their pockets lined.
Why should not the wealthy get their pocket lined too. If 98% of the population was non-jewish and all got their pocket lined except the Jews would ya be happy with that?
It is absolutely false that President Obama has proposed to raise taxes on rich people.
The fact is that the law passed under Bush, and renewed a couple of years ago, calls for the automatic termination of those cuts.
President Obama has proposed extending the tax cuts for 98% of the population, but apparently the Republicans don't want to do anything for 98% of the population unless their constituency, the wealthy, get their pockets lined.
Nice attempted play on words!!!
The Republicans AND the MAJORITY of people want to see ALL of the Bush Tax Cuts extended.
President Obama has proposed extending the tax cuts for 98% of the population, but apparently the Republicans don't want to do anything for 98% of the population unless their constituency, the wealthy, get their pockets lined.
The table could easily be turned on that argument.....
You are saying the Republicans are obstructing the legislation that would allow the Bush Tax Cuts to be extended for the middle and lower income class.
Republicans say that Obama's threat to veto legislation that extends the Bush Tax Cuts in their entirety is obstructing the extension of the tax cuts for the middle class and lower income class.
When Barack Obama proposed once again to hike taxes on people earning at or above $250,000, he insisted that polls showed that the American people agreed with him. It was an odd defense, seeing as how his own party refused to push that proposal last year in the Senate, which it controls, but Obama has forced them back into a tough position on the tax hike. Outgoing Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced Thursday that he would oppose it, joining Joe Lieberman and putting Harry Reid in a tough spot.
A new poll from Marist and McClatchy make the position of Reid and Obama even tougher. Contrary to Obama’s claim, a majority of registered voters want all of the current tax rates extended, even those of the highest earners.
The news gets worse for Obama in the demographics:
Proving once again people don't give a rat's a** about the deficit and debt.
Proving once again people don't give a rat's a** about the deficit and debt.
If you give the thieves more money, they will spend it.
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