Obama’s Line in the Tea Party Sand
The President has finally stepped up to deal with his personal pushback deficit by promising to veto any bill that cuts Social Security and Medicare without raising taxes on “millionaires and billionaires.”
Until now, the White House has been threat-free as the Boehner-McConnell gang holds the government hostage and sends all the ransom notes. The turnaround is long overdue. Now, let the Republican candidate clowns show voters exactly how going back to pre-George W. Bush tax rates will cripple “job creators.”
At the very least, Barack Obama has picked up the “class warfare” gauntlet and thrown it back into the GOP’s face.
“Warren Buffett’s secretary,” he said today, “shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett…It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million…”
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5 Responses to “Obama’s Line in the Tea Party Sand”
Yes Mr. Stein, it is laughable what these “business” Republicans are saying in their last ditch efforts to confuse and distort the issues. I think we have them cornered….but maybe they are doing it to themselves…because I don’t feel very winded at the effort.
Glad to see the villagers so ecstatic over this.
More savvy minds would realize having the dimocrats focused on drawing lines in the sand over deficit reduction is actually a political victory for the other side, but, what the hell, the opposition will undoubtedly take another gift horse.
It’s amazing what happens during a campaign. It’s almost as amazing how fast those assertions disappear after the election.
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Thanks Prof. I needed that reminder less I get carried away.
…and what was it that George W. Bush campaigned on…uh…jobs by tax cuts was it…and uh…cutting spending too…I think? Am I wrong?
I think it’s been lower taxes, more benefits, and/or less spending (don’t forget Reagan’s “government spending is bad — until I get in office”) for several decades. It kind of explains the debt problem.