President Obama Now Says He's 'Agnostic' On Possible Tax Hikes For Households Below $250K a Year

New York Daily News ^ | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | Kenneth R. Bazinet

[kristinn]

President Obama says he is now "agnostic" about raising taxes on households making under $250,000 a year to help cut budget deficits, signaling a possible retreat from a campaign pledge.

In an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek on newsstands Friday, Obama said a presidential budget commission needs to look at all options for deficit reduction - including tax increases and cuts in spending on such programs as Social Security and Medicare.

"The whole point of it is to make sure that all ideas are on the table," Obama said. "So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions."

Obama repeatedly vowed during the 2008 campaign to spare households earning less than $250,000 a year from tax increases.

[kristinn]

Suckers!

[princess leah]

LIAR!

[C19fan]

Another broken promise. The dude has no shame.

[OldDeckHand]

"So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions."

In other words, Barry, you have no principles and will say whatever you have to, to whomever you have to, to get elected. After you're elected, you're an orthodox tax and spend and tax some more, liberal.

[FlingWingFlyer]

And this ****head is going to give his pals at ACORN 4 billion dollars this year?

[ZULU]

He’s not agnostic. He’s a Muslim.

[GeronL]

He is already raising taxes on everyone by letting the tax cuts expire and ObamaCare

[Gene Eric]

>> President Obama Now Says He’s ‘Agnostic’ On Possible ...

That usage is sooo yesterday.

[Digger]

He’s not agnostic. He’s a Muslim.

He is he is he his.

[BunnySlippers]

Interesting terminology.

[Nonstatist]

Agnostics don’t usually get reelected, Bambi

[jwalsh07]

The thief is an agnostic! LOL

The theif has never been agnostic, it is his goal in life to redistribute and telling a lie here and there is simply a roadmap to his marxist dream.

[cranked]

lulz, smelling a Bush 41' moment here.....schweeeet. We all knew this crap was coming or was false coming from the lips of Jack Squat anyways, yet he was still elected. Hey America, how's that hope and change working out for ya?

[BunnySlippers]

Bush senior learned this the hard way. Obama wants to learn it all over again.

[OldCorps]

No, he's an ignorant athiest who doesn't know the meaning of agnostic. what a comrade.

[diverteach]

Heard that one before.

[imskylark]

“President Obama says he is now “agnostic” about raising taxes “

He has no opinion on raising taxes? I don’t even know what to say.

[sr4402]

Surprise Surprise

/Naught

[ZULU]

God that is BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE to use it!!!!

[hiho hiho]

Hope and Change is looking more like Bait and Switch

[ViLaLuz]

Taqiyya... it’s a holy lie.

[redlegplanner]

I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!

your winnings, sir.

[ladyvet]

What a lying sack of shiite!!! Meanwhile he won't let that spoil his fun. Too much snow for the Wednesday night party? No problem. Move it to Tuesday night. Seems to have his priorities copulated up.

[rockinqsranch]

Only fools would have believed him in the first place. The guy is a pathological liar, and it was evident long ago.

Also Democrats and taxes are more like a horse and carriage than love and marriage. Anyone that hasn’t figured that out yet lives in la la land.

[Brandonmark]

Just more HYPE & CHAINS!

[TornadoAlley3]

Obama lied, his voters cried.

[pankot]

Lying POS!

[Castle21o]

Main Entry: 1ag·nos·tic Pronunciation: \ag-ˈnäs-tik, əg-\ Function: noun Etymology: Greek agnōstos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gnōstos known, from gignōskein to know — more at know Date: 1869 1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god 2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something — ag·nos·ti·cism \-tə-ˌsi-zəm\ noun go figure...

[mylife]

Just like he was in the so called Christian Church.

Isn’t America fed up with this bad actor yet?

[A message]

Tax increases for all. Who didn’t see this coming.

Oh yea 62 million suckers who voted for the ShamWow president.

[hinckley buzzard]

Guess what--Obammyboy may be an agnostic, but the rat douchebags who harbor the least hope for re-election this fall will have gotten religion!

[OldCorps]

Lol, the dear reader doesn't even know the difference between ambivalent and agnostic. Yet the good comrades in the socialist lamestream media call him educated? what a joke.

Glad you enjoyed the pic.

Freegards,

[A message]

No, he's an ignorant atheist who doesn't know the meaning of agnostic. what a comrade.

Yep!

[paulycy]

Predicted by FReepers before he was even elected. When will America ever learn?

[FL911]

Just a fancy way of saying he is voting present.

[EGPWS]

Guns and ammo soon to be in shortage once again.

[tfbcowinafog]

Narcissitic personality disorder blended with whole lot of elitism. Sounds like a ‘let them eat cake’ moment to me.

[libertarian27]

He’ll grace his sheep with Obamagnostic Policies

I’m an Obamatheist

[malos]

agnostic. What a freaking coward.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Once he sees how bad this will bite him he will back off fast!

ER....What I meant to say was.....

[chiefqc]

That was mac daddies way of saying lie and more lies.

[tet68]

Retreat, he’s good at that.

[Son House]

How dare he waste all that tax revenue, and then go back for more! Infamous! Infamous!

[The Comedian]

I'm agnostic on his chances of being tried, convicted, and (somethinged) for treason in the next 36 months.

50/50.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Califelephant]

Obama on September 12, 2008 in Dover, New Hampshire: “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”

Obama in February 2010: “The whole point of it is to make sure that all ideas are on the table. So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions.”

[manc]

when is this family going to find a church too, or can’t the so called journalists actually ask that like so many other questions

[Canedawg]

Yes, “agnostic” is surely a strange choice of words, but he’s a strange thing.

[Sir Clancelot]

“So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions.”

Translation: “I have known all along I was going to tax you suckers, but Chris Matthews, Olberman and Maddow along with the rest of the useful idiots in the MSM have been so far in the tank for me, that I could lie about it and not get caught. Now I can take the professorial approach with this crazy “agnostic” BS and I’ll bet you that the MSM will reward me with a story about how I’m not an idealogue and am looking for thoughtful approaches to this deficit...which I inherited from George Bush and Dick Cheney, because as you all know, there were no deficits before George Bush took office. Hahaha. Rahm is right, as long as I have the media in my back pocket, I can feed you anything.”

[BobL]

Looks like Obama is finding that the air is a bit thin at $250k...and is realizing, as EVERY other president has realized, that if you want to raise taxes to increase federal revenue, you MUST do it on the middle class. But don’t worry, as big as the increases will be when Bush’s cuts expire (and they will be HUGE, people have no clue), the REALLY BIG taxes will be a per-mile tax on driving (which serves a double-purpose by creating a database of where EVERYONE drives), and a Value-Added Tax.

All of these taxes will be imposed by the IMF, as part of their agreement to give us loans to buy food and toilet paper, once the dollar crashes (in several months).

[DB]

Keep it up and this will be the never ending recession.