Obama tosses aside pledge to keep middle-class from tax hikes

[princewes]

us as americans have had some sort of problem with every president of the United States since the birth of this country, no one gets it right, and no one will ever get it right. "We didn't land on sharewood forest, sharewood forest landed on us."

[dehsah]

Ok I get the whole income tax thing, but would someone please explain "payroll" taxes. Why should I be forced to pay these? I thought that this is a voluntary tax.

[Rebeccab1111]

by backing a change in the federal definition of a small business as being "independently owned" to include firms that are actually owned or controlled by some of the wealthiest investors in the country.

Finally, the most frightening thing about all of this is that President Obama will get away with everything because the mainstream media has refused to cover it.

[Rebeccab1111]

President Obama will continue to read speeches about helping small businesses while continuing to divert over $400 million a day in federal small business funds to some of the lrgst co's in the wrld. He will back an exemption form capi gains tax on "investments" in small biz, which will be written to benefit billionaire venture capitalist buddies. The scariest prediction is President Obama will bankrupt thousands of legiti American smll biz by backing a chnge in the fed def of a small

prt 3

[Rebeccab1111]

small businesses, he would back legislation or issue an executive order halting the diversion of over $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts to corporate giants. Look at the facts. President Obama has allocated only 2 percent of his administration's stimulus funds to small businesses. Every day of the Obama Administration hundreds of millions of dollars in fed small business contracts have been diverted to corp giants. Does that snd like a pro-small biz President to you?

pt. 2

[Rebeccab1111]

To date, President Obama has failed to honor his promise. The most recent government contracting data shows the Obama Administration itself has diverted billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms. I would imagine 100 percent of middle class Americans would agree that firms like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Bechtel, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics should not be receiving federal small business contracts.

If Pres Obama were sincerely interested in helping pt1

[yoginiha]

Wow, obama supporters sure have dirty mouths!

[CHICKMAGNET66666]

wow really i saw this on the news the other day he is raiseing taxes for people who make over 250,000 dollars a year you people are just dumbasses who are mad hillary or fucking mccain didnt get in wake up and smell the flowers obamas president get over it assholes

[dirge71]

wow I actually heard/saw BS coming out of his mouth.....Say it ain't so, O!  Our Messiah lying to us. NO! really?

[duvalians1]

B. Hussein Obama repeatedly promised audiences at campaign stops across the country:

If youre a family thats making $250,000 a year or less you will see no increase in your taxes. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your personal gains tax, not any of your taxes.

Eventually the moment would come when reality would catch up to candidate Obamas promises. That moment is fast approaching.

[lapmedong]

we haven't seen anything yet. they'll becoming after the American taxpayers from here on out like never before in history. If hr2454 passes combined with the continuation of faltering tax revenues .....watch out!! $23.7 trillion spent since sept 2008. There's no way we're coming back from that. It's already up to $80,000 debt owed per American family. It's just a matter of time.....tic toc

[usflman2008]

'Read my lips, NO NEW TAXES!'

Sound familiar?

Obama pulled a bait and switch and the suckers who voted for him swallowed it...hook, line and sinker.

O(s)bama Hussein is a LIAR!!!!

[Trikkerman3]

All of Government needs to be shot!

[RandallParr]

And this is a surprise?

[MrQuestionAuthority]

You started talking smack. So I reciprocated. Please don't pull the tough guy routine on me. I'm a cop and deal with thugs and murderers for a living. I doubt you would even compare (or want to compare) yourself to that level of low life scum.

I think Obama is wrong. I hope I'm wrong about him. Because if I'm right things in this country will get very ugly soon.

[eastwood13]

Name ONE campaign promise Obama has kept...ONE!

[abarzilai664]

He did promise a dog to his daughters and they got it two monthes later ho ho ho ho.

[Traveler2112]

Sorry Mr President but the Cap and Trade Bill WILL BE a huge tax on ALL Americans if it gets past the Senate. Maybe you were just talking about IRS type taxes. Sighhh. More of the same. More spending, debt, and bigger government. Disappointed. Can't tell where Bush ends and Obama starts, just sorta blends together.

[2uberu]

Believe me, I cannot stand BHO, but didn't he say that he would NOT sign a bill that raises taxes on the middle class? (But I still think that he will).

[MrQuestionAuthority]

If I was broke I would be just another welfare leech like you. This is what happened when you welfare babies run out of money at the end of the month. You fuck with people that have jobs, homes and good lives. Your food stamps will be coming in a few days.

If you want a link to pictures of my $70,000dollar race car and my beautiful 3 bd, 3 car garage home I can send them to you.

Meantime, your boring me by defending this lowlife Liar of a President that never had a real job in his life.

[NiteSkyLookr]

What's another broken promise. he already has several dozen. Until the Media gets their head out of his ass and confronts him he'll keep doing doing it. More broken promises are coming, count on it.

[shiddy67]

The middle class spoke back in November.

NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP AND EAT IT.

Assholes.

[PresidentTeleprompte]

Who pays for socialism , its not the rich its the middle class.

[MrQuestionAuthority]

And I can tell by your comment that you have no idea what your talking about because you offer no solutions or explain no actions. I'm not broke, I own a home and am doing quite well.

So to keep this simple GO FUCK YOURSELF.

[KendisKustomsDotCom]

I'm still laughing about that "Change" and "Yes we can" BS! Laughing even harder at those who supported and voted for this ass clown!

[theaggravator]

Obama is now officially synonymous with bull shit.

[LooseLatitude]

Careful... That could be taken as a stupidly racial statement.

[theaggravator]

Yea, I wouldn't want to offend bull shit.

[armyveteran101st]

LOL...Both statements lead to exactly the same purpose and the same conclusion! The President stated very clearly BOTH times that he is OPPOSED to financing the Health care initiative on the backs of the Middle Class. CQBlogger, I think you have reading and listening comprehension issues, bud.... };-)

[yambag71]

funny, i heard a reporter (talking about Obama's 180 degree turn on many, many issues) call his hypocrisy an "evolution".

[abarzilai664]

If the One were a Republican it would be called a flip-flop.

[TheTenToMention]

Barack Hussein - Black Hole Sun

is Nerfernetka, of the Cult of the Brine Queen except in male form, who is also in the Old Testament Second Book of Kings, Elisha

[MrQuestionAuthority]

I have a job, health insurance and I work very had to make sure my bills are paid and I have money to retire on.

Now comes Obama. Cap & Trade, screwing with healthcare and handing out a trillion dollars instead of letting the free market exponge these degenerate banks that preyed on the dumbasses that bought house they could never afford.

The middle class will crash and burn with this guy.

[Ericjpomeroy]

Shame on you for working hard to get ahead! Obama will punish you for your ambition.

[DillonX]

I would be happy to see about 1/2 of the Fed Agencies done away with -- including the Education Dept which tripled in size under Bush.

BUT WE MUST HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE!

[l1nuxun1l]

Why so we can tank this economy faster?

[classic7890]

You contradict yourself Dillon. Even Jefferson asked for a specific Constitutional Amendment for federal education in 1806. Congress could never envision such a bastardization of the Constitution and never addressed it. A DeathCare monopoly run by Washington is Un-Constitutional,as if Medicade, Medicare, EPA,HUD,etc,etc.

[PresidentTeleprompte]

Sorry commie but your dream is about to end

[abarzilai664]

I guess the One and his fans will soon learn that you can't have a grand liberal utopia and at the same time slash taxes for the middle class. The money has to come from all qaurters of society, ALL QAURTERS.

[Razgriez1]

Uh Abarzi, I don't think Obama is confused, he did what most politicians do, promise anything it takes to get elected... and then when reality comes slapping voters awake, the politician switches into: "well... we can't really do it, but we'll try the best we can, I just ask for all americans (minus me) to make sacrifices!"

[deftech79]

Hahaha, I love it! His true colors are really starting to shine now. Did anyone honestly believe that a liberal democrat administration wouldn't raise taxes on everything in sight?

I sense massive voter regret incoming...

[LLORT3]

Whine all you want about Obama raising taxes on the middle class, but think about this: McCain and the Republicans would have raised ALL the revenue from the middle class via a tax hike, AND given the richest a huge tax break.

Obama is better for the middle class than McCain, and I say this as a McCain voter.

[classic7890]

Point to the Article of the US Constitution that says, " There shall be government run health care in whole or in part for all. " !?

[LLORT3]

There's nothing in the constitution about healthcare.

That doesn't mean it should be a for-profit industry though.

[patrickwfox]

What exactly do you have against for profit? Every single major advancement in health care was developed by research funded though entrepreneurial investment. Name one thing, just one that advanced human kind through public funding alone......there isn't any. Without incentive in the form of increasing revenue medical innovation stagnates.

[patrickwfox]

And these medical diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies that are so vilified have contributed more to combat suffering on this planet then every single UN resolution combined. So they are interested in making a profit. Profit drives innovation and considering these are publicly traded entities we can all benefit.

[LLORT3]

i like profit, but it should not be allowed in healthcare.

i think healthcare should be run as a service like here in israel

[Razgriez1]

LLORT, I applaud you're feelings on what you feel is right, really honestly I do....

Unfortunately... it's also stupid, it's not how the world works, A buisiness needs money to operate. Health insurance and hospitals aren't run by Philanthropist loaded with enough money to pay for everyone, Likewise, the government idea of "Single payer" (which is a bit of an oxymoron considering it's Taxpayers that pay) won't work.

You have you're heart in the right place, just not the right idea.

[LLORT3]

i think i have the right idea, because ultimately if you take the profit out of healthcare, costs will go down.

like here in israel

[patrickwfox]

Yeah.....and so will inovation and advancement......

[LLORT3]

good

[ToddonCapeCod]

NOT!

Liar. You never voted McCain

[abarzilai664]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Razgriez1]

LLORT3 obviously didn't see the video of the democrat Representative laughed at by his own district for saying smiler things...

[Bigstl123]

Agreed, republicans act like everything was supposed to be smooth sailing after bush left

[stme2008]

if it was Hugh Hefner or donald trump or some other rich snotty nose in the air white Guy, that white Guy would had said get out of my house as well other choice words & i bet wouldnt had been arested on crap charge of disturbing peace i think the rest is beside the point he said racisit ,rich persons would be snotty I am better than you! well same! the end result though would had been diferent i dont beleive donald trump or any other rich white guy would had been taken in now really do you?

[logansGT]

What are you smoking, stme, or are you always this confused?

Why is your comment a response to Obama's remark about a black professor's arrest?