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The White House which targeted individuals making more than $250 k per year are now setting their sights making less than that amount.
From the Politico
The White House seems to be retreating from President Barack Obama’s campaign promise that he would not raise taxes on families making less than $250,000.
Under persistent questioning from ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Sunday, Obama senior adviser David Axelrod declined to restate the vow and left open the possibility that the president might sign health care reform legislation that taxes high-cost, employer-provided insurance plans which some middle-class families currently receive tax free.
“The president had said in the past that he doesn’t believe taxing health care benefits at any level is necessarily the best way to go here. He still believes that, but there are a number of formulations and we’ll wait and see,” Axelrod said on ABC’s “This Week.” “The important thing at this point is to keep the process moving, to keep people at the table, to the keep the discussions going. We’ve gotten a long way down the road and we want to finish that journey.”
When Stephanopoulos asked why Obama hadn’t drawn a “line in the sand” over his tax pledge, Axelrod suggested that kind of ultimatum is at odds with the president’s effort to being a new tone to politics.
“One of the problems we’ve had in this town is that people draw lines in the sand and they stop talking to each other. And you don’t get anything done. That’s not the way the president approaches this,” the White House adviser said.
Or in other words Obama now realizes that keeping his promise would mean losing a revenue source to pay for his healtcare plan.
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4 Comments for White House Waffles on Tax Hike Pledge
Look around!
Today – EVERYBODY “waffles”!
About EVERY thing!
(ESPECIALLY the politicians – regardless of party!)
MY opinion only:
Just chalk it up to another campaign lie,
“misunderstanding” or “..what I really meant was
…”
I wonder if he’d know truth if it came up
and bit him.
The only thing “Transparent” about the gov’t
which he said it would be is:
HE IS SO TRANSPARENT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH
HIM. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE LOCKED-IN WITH HIS
CRONIES WHO CONTRL THE HOUSE AND SENATE, TOO.
They are equally “transparent.”
“The White House seems to be retreating from President Barack Obama’s campaign promise that he would not raise taxes on families making less than $250,000.”
I really take issue with his many, many, many, many promises related to this pledge. Yes, I agree. Politicians promise to do whatever it takes to get elected. But, the broken promises of this president shift this country away from our freedoms that we enjoy today.
Why do people keep acting surprised that Obama is just a politician that lies to get elected? Did they really think that he would be different than any other? Did they really expect change?