Obama's Mockery of Tea Party Stirs Tax Debate

Fox News ^ | April 16, 2010 | Major Garrett

[Zakeet]

For 20 seconds on Thursday, President Obama basked in applause from donors in Miami when he mocked the nationwide Tea Party rallies that caused an eruption of angst on Tax Day.

"I've been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies about taxes. You would think they would be saying thank you," Obama said to a group of Democratic supporters who shelled out between $250 and $1250 to attend.

But it remains unclear who will get the last laugh: the president or the Tea Party?

"What the president said last night was arrogant and smug and a perfect example of why the Tea Party is so intense and so organized" said Republican strategist Terry Holt

Democratic strategist Peter Mirijanian defended Obama's statement by saying if you take a look at the middle class voters, contrary to protesters' claims, you'll see that their income levels and their taxes have actually not gone up.

[linn37]

You little people need to thank me for letting them keep some of your hard earned cash in this terrible economy that I just keep making worse by my really bad decisions.

Thats what he really meant to say.

[Soothesayer]

There are at least 50-100 million totally loyal leftist vermin in this country. He feels very comfortable with such support.

[Soothesayer]

Unfortunately, he still has a very large base. A base larger than any of his commie heroes.

There are millions of poorly educated vermin in this country who can’t wait to be “rich like Denmark”.

[riri]

There are at least 50-100 million totally loyal leftist vermin in this country. He feels very comfortable with such support.

Think about this...it is far more popular support than most Communist seizes ever had.

[Soothesayer]

Unfortunately, 50 million retards in this country think that makes perfect sense.

[riri]

ha! We posted that at the exact same time. Funny.

[Soothesayer]

Liberals ONLY think about themselves and people with dark skin tones. They are both selfish and racist.

[Soothesayer]

If it turns out to be true, I’m leaving this whacked out country forever. I hear South Korea has a pro-capitalist leadership. Maybe try there?

[Bainbridge]

Unfortunately, A lot of the American people are stupid
or he would not be where he is.

[NavyCanDo]

Yes, THANK YOU Mr. Obama In the fifteen months of his presidency, President Obama has enacted into law, 25 tax increases totaling more than $670 billion, at least 14 of the taxes were violations of the Obama’s pledge not to raise any kind of taxes on Americans earning less than $200,000 for singles and $250,000 for married couples. The President's list of violations include: • Tobacco tax increase and expanded enforcement authority* • New tax on individuals who do not purchase government‐approved health insurance • A 40% excise tax on high-cost health insurance plans • A new "medicine cabinet tax" on over-the-counter purchases from HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs increasing the non-medical early withdrawal HSA penalty from 10 to 20 percent • A "special-needs kids" tax (capping FSA contributions at $2500) • An increase in the top Medicare payroll tax rate from 2.9 to 3.8 percent (in so doing raising the top marginal tax rate on labor from 37.9 to 43.4 percent) • A hike in the capital gains rate from 15 to 23.8 percent • A hike in the dividends tax rate from 15 to 43.4 percent • A hike in the "other" investment tax rate from 35 to 43.4 percent • An increase in the "reduction of the deduction" for medical expenses from 7.5 to 10 percent of AGI • New annual taxes on health insurance companies, innovator drug companies, and medical device manufacturers • A 10% excise tax for tanning salon sessions eliminating the deduction for employer-provided retiree Rx coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D • Creating the "economic substance doctrine," which allows the IRS to disallow perfectly-legal tax deductions it deems are only being used to reduce tax liabilities • Requiring 1099-MISC information reporting for small business payments to corporations, increasing compliance burdens for small employers Maybe the President shouldn't be so snarky in asking for thanks, he should consider himself lucky that every night when he goes to sleep he doesn't hear the hundreds of thousand voices of the tea party protesters calling him a liar, because that's what he truly deserves.

[Borax Queen]

Do all the pro-illegal alien rallies amuse him as well? Do millions of Marxists wearing Sandanista-style masks/bandanas and murdering Che t-shirts amuse him?? Do millions of criminals marching and destroying our streets, after leaving tons of sewage and needles and diapers in our once-beautiful deserts amuse him??

[NavyCanDo]

Sorry that list formatted terribly.

Here is the link to the Taxes imposed by Obama. And it does not include the expiration of the Bush Tax cuts or talk of the VAT.

Tea Party Shouldn’t Thank The President, They should Cal him a Liar.

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/04/tea-parties-should-not-thank-preident.html

[Soothesayer]

Which is why I have given up in this country. There is no longer anything left to fight for.

[mvpel]

I just filed my taxes on Thursday, and sure enough, my taxes were a lot lower than they’ve been in previous years.

The only catch is that my TAXABLE INCOME was about half what it was in previous years.

[tumblindice]

“I’ve been a little amused over the last couple of days ... You would think they would be saying thank you,”

The last laugh is the best laugh. I’m looking forward to seeing this thing eat those words.

[Shade_Trees_56]

Once again the Commie bastard lies! He was “NOT” amused...he was/is furious that the “American taxpayers” have figured his “shell game” out!!!

Look at the footage ...his body language as well as his face showed how angry he is at us. IMO, he continues to “try” to use lies, propaganda, blackmail, intimidation, and “RADICAL” Chicago style, con-game BULLYING on us.

I say, his foreign traditions and upbringing may very well work for his cousin Odinga in Kenya but, those ‘low-life’ tactics will NOT work here in America.........

Yes, Obama, we are an intelligent, Christian nation and it’s time for you to go back to where you came from....wherever that is..........

[The4thHorseman]

I'm looking forward to complaining, and complaining loudly, every tax day (and every other chance I get), until we turn back the tide of this socialist takeover of our country.

Check out this video we quickly put together yesterday using photos and audio we captured at the Sacramento Tea Party.

Tea party on!!

[Tzimisce]

[calex59]

So true, for instance if corporate taxes increase it affects us all, not just the corporations, we end up paying the taxes in the long run plus it hurts the businesses and thus the amount of people who have jobs. Especially the small businesses which are being shut down left and right.

[LouD]

The man would put a bubble like the one in the Simpsons movie over DC

An excellent idea...