Here is the AP sporting a headline that paraphrases the President, who said no such thing. Worse, this article on an Obama press conference intersperces quotes from Boehner suggesting that the key is for President Obama to move to the middle by noting: "Republicans have recently united around a proposal by Boehner to cut domestic spending to 2008 levels and freeze all tax rates for two years, an idea he suggested Obama has ignored."
The issue is the degree to which liberals embrace this corporate media and headline and ignore the fact that this article once again is pushing right wing talking points about tax cuts being the way forward.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama
Obama pressed his case for Congress to renew most of the tax breaks enacted in 2001 and 2003 under President George W. Bush that are set to expire at the end of this year. But the president and Democratic congressional leaders want to end the cuts for the nation's wealthiest — households earning over $250,000 a year, or over $200,000 for single filers.
Republicans want all the cuts extended, saying the economy is too fragile to be raising taxes for anyone, and some Democrats have suggested a compromise — extending all the cuts but just for a year or two.
Obama suggested he might be open to "further conversation" down the road with Republicans, but "my position is let's get done what we all agree on" first — the tax cuts for everyone but the wealthiest.
"Why hold it up? Why hold the middle class hostage in order to do something that most economists don't think makes sense," he said.
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