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Obama to seek one-year extension for some of Bush tax cuts
Reuters ^ | July 9, 2012 | Reutters

Posted on 07/08/2012 10:46:10 PM PDT by Innovative

President Barack Obama will call on Monday for a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 a year, according to a White House official, seeking to spare the economy the impact of taxes going up on January 1.

Obama, a Democrat, will make the request in a statement at the White House, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Republicans in Congress, however, are unlikely to be swayed, as they have consistently argued that the Bush tax cuts should be extended for everyone.

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Obama must be really-really worried about getting re-elected.

Of course once he is reelected, it's for four years, so he'll just wait a year to raise your taxes.

1 posted on 07/08/2012 10:46:20 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Send it to him along with a permanant reversal of the obamacare taxes.


2 posted on 07/08/2012 10:49:30 PM PDT by ilgipper ( November cannot come soon enough)
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To: Innovative

Well he is getting desperate but its another election ploy to pick a fight with the house GOP, they want them all extended, he wants to make it look like he’s helping the poor, of course his base will go apoplectic because the idea of any of Bush’s tax cuts getting extended is like swallowing poison to them.


3 posted on 07/08/2012 10:49:59 PM PDT by sunmars
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To: Innovative

Obama Poised for New Fight With G.O.P. Over Tax Cuts

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/us/politics/obama-seeks-2013-tax-cuts-within-limits.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print

“Mr. Obama plans to make his announcement in the Rose Garden on Monday, senior administration officials said.
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The White House hopes to squeeze maximum political mileage out of the Rose Garden event, surrounding Mr. Obama with families and workers who would benefit from the extension.

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House Republicans plan to vote this month to extend permanently all of the Bush tax cuts...”


4 posted on 07/08/2012 10:51:22 PM PDT by Innovative (None are so blind that will not see.)
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To: Innovative

According to Barry the private sector is “doing just fine” so the tax cuts can stay. /s


5 posted on 07/08/2012 10:53:25 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: Innovative

The first question any reporter asking the President any question about his “fair share” tax strategy is whether or not his family has been paying their own “fair share” of taxes since he’s been president. His family makes more than 250k in a year, it is quite easy to pay into the national treasury over what you are required to pay... Is he leading with his own fair share, and if not, how much more will he contribute?


6 posted on 07/08/2012 10:54:28 PM PDT by jz638
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To: South40

well Obama’s last fight over tax cuts worked so well for him...not. He never learns.


7 posted on 07/08/2012 10:55:41 PM PDT by sunmars
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To: Innovative

I’ll betcha that had Obamacare been overturned he’d not take this position. The Bush tax cuts STILL will not compensate for the over 20 new Obamacare taxes. The media will spin this is ‘compromise’ and ‘he’s leaning right!’. LOL


8 posted on 07/08/2012 11:27:16 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: South40; All

I know it makes for very effective anti Obama advertising, but I think he was referring to the business sector which has large amounts of money sitting uninvested, not private individuals who are still needing fuller employment.


9 posted on 07/08/2012 11:45:06 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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re: “Obama, a Democrat, will make the request in a statement at the White House, said the official”

Obama is a Democrat? I am so glad some journalist finally informed the American public.

10 posted on 07/08/2012 11:47:31 PM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Innovative

He did this in 2010, and lost.


11 posted on 07/08/2012 11:48:25 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (This hobbit is looking for her pitchfork...God help the GOP if I find it.)
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To: Innovative

Its just a big ol game of 3 card monte with this ***hole


12 posted on 07/08/2012 11:56:05 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Innovative

Yes., He keeps dishing up for us his Same Old Sh*t to keep the economy depressed while pretending to help the poor people.
Does Kenya give refunds?


13 posted on 07/09/2012 12:01:32 AM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: gleeaikin
Sorry, not buying it. I didn't buy it when Barry said it, I didn't buy it walked it back, and I didn't buy it when DNC chair Wasserman-Schultz reiterated it on Sunday morning TV.
14 posted on 07/09/2012 12:06:16 AM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: gleeaikin
Obama’s claim that the private sector is doing fine actually echoes the words of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from eight months ago. Said Reid: “It’s very clear that private-sector jobs are doing just fine.”
15 posted on 07/09/2012 12:16:20 AM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: Nevadan
Obama is a Democrat? I am so glad some journalist finally informed the American public

He's a Marxist wannabe dictator, but the media wants people to think he's "mainstream".

16 posted on 07/09/2012 12:32:42 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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If no tax increase is necessary to “spare the economy”, why not for all incomes?

Is Obama gonna sacrifice the economy of all America just for his ‘fairness’ B.S.?


17 posted on 07/09/2012 1:23:17 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Innovative

Great attention should be drawn to the fact that Obamugabe’s “successes”, as seen by the general public, are by and large EXTENSIONS OF BUSH POLICIES:

a. seek and kill UBL.
b. keep GITMO open.
c. extend “Bush tax cuts”.

Whenever the prompter reading man-child veers from these policies, the public doesn’t care for them.


18 posted on 07/09/2012 2:01:43 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Innovative

Another free commercial for Obamugabe from the Rose Garden this morning.

Will the networks comply and bury their nose further up his butt?


19 posted on 07/09/2012 2:03:20 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

LOL...So it can be said that Obama’s only successes are Bush’s fault?


20 posted on 07/09/2012 2:06:00 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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