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Biden: Obama tax deal 'morally troubling'
Washington Times ^ | 12/20/10 | Joseph Weber

Posted on 12/20/2010 9:42:48 AM PST by Nachum

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Sunday defended what he acknowledged as a "morally troubling" decision by President Obama to extend tax rates for all Americans as part of wide-ranging interview on key national and international issues.

Mr. Biden said the president still thinks extending the George W. Bush-era rates for the country's highest wage-earners, along with everyone else, is "morally troubling." He said the president broke his 2008 campaign promise on the issue to help only the middle class.

"We couldn't get it done," he said in a pre-taped interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "We had to make a decision."

Mr. Biden said the president will try over the next two years to have the rates revert to Clinton-era levels. The tax-cut extension was part of a deal with Republicans that also provides tax credits to businesses and extends jobless benefits to millions of Americans.

"This compromise was to help people who were drowning," he said. "There are people out there who cannot afford a Christmas tree, much less gifts."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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Morally troubling? Indeed you are
1 posted on 12/20/2010 9:42:54 AM PST by Nachum
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2 posted on 12/20/2010 9:43:32 AM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Both Zer0 and Biden are morally troubling, along with all ‘rats and RINOs.


3 posted on 12/20/2010 9:45:45 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Nachum
Mr. Biden said the president still thinks extending the George W. Bush-era rates for the country's highest wage-earners, along with everyone else, is "morally troubling."

When you have the wrong (or no) moral values instilled in you, the Right Thing To Do is troubling.

4 posted on 12/20/2010 9:46:01 AM PST by JRios1968 (What is the difference between 0bama and his dog, Bo? Bo has papers.)
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To: Nachum

Still do not know how these people can stand before a mirror. . .look themselves in the eye; much less anyone else. But they do. . .


5 posted on 12/20/2010 9:46:52 AM PST by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . .and Obama, not made in the USA either. . .)
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To: Nachum

Any historical trivia experts out there can tell us when was the last time a vp called his superior’s move “morally troubling?”


6 posted on 12/20/2010 9:49:26 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Nachum

Does Biden (good “Catholic” that he is) find the prevailing position of the Democrat party on abortion “morally troubling”?


7 posted on 12/20/2010 9:51:27 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: cricket
I really think this moron looks at himself in the mirror with visions of grandeur.He actually thinks that people car what he says..
8 posted on 12/20/2010 9:52:41 AM PST by PLD
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To: cricket
I really think this moron looks at himself in the mirror with visions of grandeur.He actually thinks that people care what he says..
9 posted on 12/20/2010 9:52:56 AM PST by PLD
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To: Nachum
The very fact that biden and obama can be elected to any office, is morally troubling.

LLS

10 posted on 12/20/2010 9:53:31 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: Nachum

It is Morally Troubling. It means that all their cronies can’t use the publics money like they thought they were going to be able to. Today, Washington is “Morally Troubling”.


11 posted on 12/20/2010 9:55:11 AM PST by RC2
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To: Nachum

I.E. It is immoral to let American keep their money.


12 posted on 12/20/2010 10:03:57 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Nachum

“My boss has just done something morally troubling.
And that is a big effin’ deal!”


13 posted on 12/20/2010 10:04:36 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Nachum

Yeah? Well you stinking democrats are morally troubling, Mr. Biden.


14 posted on 12/20/2010 10:06:34 AM PST by vpintheak (Obama sez I'm an enemy and I will be punished. My Savior has overcome the world.)
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To: Nachum
When did they discover that they even

HAD

morals...
15 posted on 12/20/2010 10:11:57 AM PST by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER from my house....)
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To: PLD

The sad thing is, he is the smart one. Obama supposedly picked him for gravitas or foreign policy experience. Which makes sense, except that he is wrong on every foreign policy issue. He at least is culturally American. Obama doesn’t even seem to know how to pretend to be one of us.


16 posted on 12/20/2010 10:27:34 AM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: Nachum

How can an administration with no morals be morally troubled.

The whole point of being liberal is to avoid being moral


17 posted on 12/20/2010 10:39:31 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Nachum

The Liberal “mind”-such as it- is indeed a troubled place.

It has created a good deal of the worlds’ 20th and 21st century troubles.


18 posted on 12/20/2010 10:41:13 AM PST by mo
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To: Nachum

Indeed, how morally disturbing the thought of allowing those who EARN the money to actually KEEP some of it. If the don’t want to extend the cuts, how about taxing everyone straight across the board - including those who get welfare and SSI.


19 posted on 12/20/2010 11:02:18 AM PST by LadyShires
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To: PLD
I really think this moron looks at himself in the mirror with visions of grandeur.He actually thinks that people car what he says..

Indeed. Of course, every Lib imagines a delusional self-inportance. And while Biden does a great job; no one does it better, than the empty suit walking that his 'Boss Obama' lays claim to.

20 posted on 12/20/2010 11:09:37 AM PST by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . .and Obama, not made in the USA either. . .)
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