President Obama Takes Stand On Taxes, Refuses To Temporarily Extend Bush Tax Cuts

[Fearless]

"The Bush Tax Cuts have been a major point of contention between Democrats and Republicans since President Obama called for ending them early on in his presidency. Unfortunately, Obama had to extend the cuts once as part of a budget deal with Republicans to avoid a costly government standoff.

But now, the White House is flatly refusing to bow to Republicans demands that the cuts once again be extended. On Wednesday, Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that the Obama Administration “will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts,” and that President Obama “will not” support any temporary extension of the cuts for any Americans making more than $250,000."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/06/06/tax-cuts/

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Let's hope this remains the case.

[jaysunb]

1. Gonna be a SHOWDOWN !

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[bigtree]

2. i'll be almost impossible to back down from that one now

. . . that's really good news. Liking the backbone, Mr. President.

k&r

[ibegurpard]

3. Quick call Bill Clinton!

Or Corey Booker...
someone needs to undercut this foolishness!

[GObamaGO]

4. Wow, just wow

[ibegurpard]

5. Oh, I'm sorry...you like that Bill Clinton is undercutting Obama?

Me, I think it helps when supposed surrogates stay on message.

[msongs]

7. not any worse than obama undercuts himself lol nt

[GObamaGO]

8. No, my beef is with the rooting for Clinton and Booker over Obama.

[ibegurpard]

10. sorry, i forgot the sarcasm tags

[GObamaGO]

12. OK That makes more sense now.

Sorry for misunderstanding.

[bigtree]

6. well, Clinton did stick his foot in it yesterday

. . . then tried to clean it up, saying he supports ending the break, but thinks Congress won't go along. Not a very firm political stance. The WH got it just right in their response.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Clinton, who gave us NAFTA

When he brings back all the jobs he sold out from under us, I will listen to him.
Not till then.

[bigtree]

18. as a private citizen? That would be a neat trick

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Exactly.

[bigtree]

21. got it.

[tsuki]

9. Until he caves. nt

[sabrina 1]

11. Good, that should help with bring in some much needed revenue.

[bermudat]

13. Yeah, riiiiiiiight

He has said that before, watch him cave. again.

[hfojvt]

14. that sure is a load of crap

"Unfortunately, Obama had to extend the cuts once as part of a budget deal with Republicans to avoid a costly government standoff."

Right, let's re-write history because nobody can remember the Obama tax cave of December 2010 and will confuse that with the Obama cave on the budget or the Obama cave on the debt ceiling.

Here's a little refresher course.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/165

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/138

Obama did not have to surrender, he chose to, because, he claimed, fighting for working people against the rich would be bad - for working people.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Good on you for keeping track of the issues !

and esp. for having the links to remind us of the pattern.

[JDPriestly]

15. I hope that Obama sticks with his principles on this one.

No extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich.

[99Forever]

19. We'll see.

I ain't holding my breath.