LipsPosted By Jim Babcock |
As you would expect from a corrupt politician who learned his trade in the streets of Chicago under the leadership of Wright, Obama and his Administration are not being consistent and clear to the American public when it comes to their agenda and plans. This is no where more true than the inconsistent messages about tax increases for the middle class. The Administration is all across the board.
Divergent messages from the Obama administration in the past two days hint at a tough political reality: Nobody likes higher taxes, but that may be the price of getting America’s fiscal house back in order.
Although Barack Obama campaigned on a pledge of no tax hikes on the middle class, top administration officials on Sunday appeared to open the door to rethinking that position. Then on Monday the White House press secretary said the door really isn’t open.
Either way, the discussion of possible tax hikes is already out of the stable. Economists generally agree with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path, and that hard choices will need to be made – although the reckoning may not occur on Mr. Obama’s watch. Some say the magnitude of the hole to be filled is so large that spending cuts alone are unlikely to do the job.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/08/03/read-their-lips-mixed-signals-from-obama-team-on-taxes/
We told the people before they voted, and yet they put this extremist into office. Now is the time to speak to your representatives and make sure that they stop his madness.
Divergent messages from the Obama administration in the past two days hint at a tough political reality: Nobody likes higher taxes, but that may be the price of getting America’s fiscal house back in order.
Although Barack Obama campaigned on a pledge of no tax hikes on the middle class, top administration officials on Sunday appeared to open the door to rethinking that position. Then on Monday the White House press secretary said the door really isn’t open.
Either way, the discussion of possible tax hikes is already out of the stable. Economists generally agree with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path, and that hard choices will need to be made – although the reckoning may not occur on Mr. Obama’s watch. Some say the magnitude of the hole to be filled is so large that spending cuts alone are unlikely to do the job.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/08/03/read-their-lips-mixed-signals-from-obama-team-on-taxes/
We told the people before they voted, and yet they put this extremist into office. Now is the time to speak to your representatives and make sure that they stop his madness.