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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Did Obama express support for a middle class tax hike last night?

Last night he said that he was against health reform that was "PRIMARILY funded through taxing middle-class families." Doesn't that mean he's OK with funding it through middle class tax hikes, as long as that isn't the primary source of funding.

Any middle class folks out there concerned with that? I'm not surprised as there is no way to fund all his spending, simply by taxing the "rich" and also keep his promise of giving a tax cut to 95% of Americans.

Update:

Just to be clear, I'm not in favor of his plan at all. My point is that for the past year and a half, Mr. Obama could not have been more vociferous and clear about the point that the middle class would see no tax increase, not their income tax, capital gains tax, not any tax. He supported a hike in cigarette taxes which obviously hits the middle class as well. The guy is totally full it. You can't believe anything he says.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Why shouldnt the middle class pay for any health care costs incurred by themselves?

    I dont get this hands off the middle class lets make the "rich" pay for it crap.

    Obama wants class warfare so he can pit the have nots against the haves. There are a lot more votes for him that way.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The liberals all seem to have missed that part. They keep talking about only people who make over a million ! Seems to me we also heard that no one who made less than 250k a year would see any tax increases ! They are shooting that one out the window with every bill they pass ! He is a liar ! He says everything in a twisted manner and libs just don't listen there to busy admiring him !

  • 1 decade ago

    Personally, I can afford to pay $1 million in taxes per year but thanks to loopholes found by my attorneys and accountants, I pay nothing. Two years ago, they took advantage of the global economy set up by the Bushes and Clintons by moving my money to an offshore account. I have three homes in the USA, I reap all the benefits of living here and don't have to pay for anything. Nothing would please me more than have Mr. Obama get Congress to pass univeral health care so I won't even have to pay for medical care. I hate paying bills. I'd much rather the poor and middle class pay my way. So please, stop bitching and pay your taxes. My 90 year old mother has to have a hip replacement and I certainly don't want to pay for it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    EXACTLY! If anyone would actually TAKE the time to think logically or even a basic economics or finance class, they will see there is no way we can afford this plan by only taxing the rich. Geez! What happened to America?!?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Actually he positively PROVED his insatiable desire for tax increases across ALL brackets the instant he started putting a (D) at the end of his name.

    He proved it again by SAYING SO in his PUBLISHED tax plan that used to be available on his website.

  • 1 decade ago

    Anybody that thinks they are going to be exempt from being taxed in some way, shape or form to pay for Obamacare, are just plain ignorant.

  • Tom S
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Are there really that many people making a Million dollars a year? I hope they feel loved that they have been singled out to pay for everything.

  • 5 years ago

    They %. the e-mails so it looks the prevalent public is for his or her concept. it extremely is a widely used information trick - you alter your pattern to make the respond come out to what you pick. in the event that they coated each and each e mail, that could point out something different than the respond they needed to pay attention. that's no diverse than Obama cherry-figuring out on the journalists to ask predetermined questions. that's politics for you - the international's oldest occupation.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There is no other funding source. Wake up, there has been no meaningful stimulus spending to wake up the economy, just rhetoric and lies.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    did he say that? wow, I didn't hear anything out of what he was babbling about.

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