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Obama to call for new tax increases in State of the Union address
Fox News Politics ^ | 1/18/2015 | Fox News

Posted on 01/18/2015 8:04:18 AM PST by EagleUSA

President Obama plans to call for billions in tax increases on top earners – including a hike in investment tax rates -- in order to fund new tax credits and other measures the White House claims will help the middle class.

The president's proposals, which also include eliminating a tax break on inheritances, are likely to be cheered by the Democratic Party's liberal base when they are announced Tuesday night in his State of the Union address. However, the tax increases are all but certain to be non-starters with the new Republican majority on Capitol Hill.

The president's address -- his first to a Republican-led Congress -- will call for $320 billion in tax increases over 10 years. Aside from funding new tax credits including a tax credit for working families and expanding the child care tax credit, the White House says that money would go to funding measures to make college more afforable and accessible, including the president’s recently announced plan to make community college free for many students.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: marxism; noaccountability; noconstitution; nodocumentation; radicalleft; statism; taxation
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To: EagleUSA

Hey, I’m sure it’s for the children....


21 posted on 01/18/2015 8:23:08 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: allendale

Obummer will probably call the tax increases “investments in America.”


22 posted on 01/18/2015 8:24:28 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Everytime the cash register rings in a gun store, a Founding Father gets his wings.)
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To: Rodamala
I think it's better if every GOPer yawns while he talks, as often as Pelosi
used to blink her eyes when GWB talked.


23 posted on 01/18/2015 8:29:25 AM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: EagleUSA
Psst, Obama try something RADICAL

Less taxation....

24 posted on 01/18/2015 8:30:38 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: EXCH54FE

And they spend A deficit, something that would destroy a private business.


25 posted on 01/18/2015 8:35:48 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: EagleUSA

Nothing to stop this tax increase. The Senate and House are completely useless.


26 posted on 01/18/2015 8:37:26 AM PST by Logical me
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To: Paladin2

It is about the children, but not in a good way. The tax cuts are for families with two working parents and their kids in daycare. In other words, make it so that it’s a government incentive to be less involved with your children as a parent, let others be more of their teachers.


27 posted on 01/18/2015 8:39:24 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: EagleUSA

28 posted on 01/18/2015 9:04:31 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: faithhopecharity

29 posted on 01/18/2015 9:05:52 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: EagleUSA

All money rightfully belongs to the feral government, after all.


30 posted on 01/18/2015 9:27:14 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for you. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to kill you.)
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To: EagleUSA
Obama Tax Hikes Drive Federal Tax Revenue Above $3 Trillion for First Time Ever

Federal government’s tax-take hits all-time high

MORE, MORE MORE!!

Squeeze 'em til them bleed. FedGov never has enough!

31 posted on 01/18/2015 9:31:04 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: grumpygresh

He is working really hard to set-up the Republican nominee for 2016 to look like a really bad, bad deal.

In fact, I actually truly feel sorry for whoever the sucker is that wins the Presidency in 2016. The whole house of cards is going to crash down on their watch.


32 posted on 01/18/2015 9:35:55 AM PST by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
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To: EagleUSA

Tax credits=redistribution


33 posted on 01/18/2015 9:44:20 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Not deniable = Not falsifiable = Not science.)
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To: EagleUSA

Speaking of playoff football , Obama with his redistributionist/ Communist ideas,is like some gomer coach who brings an old game plan and formation to a game and expects to wow the opposition. “I’ve got this wing-T offense, and you just try to stop it ,” he slobbers to the roars of the crowd. The Boz’ doesn’t realize it’s been seen before and soundly defeated. Community colleges started off with pretty much the free approach, I guess through the years as they’ve slathered on layers of entitlements and administrators, they’ve gotten darned expensive?


34 posted on 01/18/2015 10:08:07 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: Morpheus2009; Paladin2
It is about the children, but not in a good way. The tax cuts are for families with two working parents and their kids in daycare. In other words, make it so that it’s a government incentive to be less involved with your children as a parent, let others be more of their teachers.

#41 from 45 Communist Goals by Dr. Cleon Skousen (1958)

41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

35 posted on 01/18/2015 11:38:26 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: EagleUSA
The president's proposals, which also include eliminating a tax break on inheritances,

Also known as the incredibly stupid tax. Inheritance taxes actually decrease the net revenue to government over time.

36 posted on 01/18/2015 12:02:50 PM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: EagleUSA
However, the tax increases are all but certain to be non-starters with the new Republican majority on Capitol Hill. <<<

NOPE!..it will be the “ELECTED” democrats that will put the ice on this....They always worry about how it will affect them 1st!...They make a fortune “representing” the poor!!!

37 posted on 01/18/2015 8:36:03 PM PST by M-cubed
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