Obama: Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Will Not Be Extended, Period BOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- The White House is insisting President Barack Obama will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans â even temporarily. Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the president has been clear in his opposition to extending tax cuts for households with annual incomes above $250,000. Tax cuts for people of all incomes are due to expire at year's end. Carney's stand came after former President Bill Clinton caused a political headache for the White House by suggesting in an interview that tax cuts for people of all incomes â including the rich â should be extended into 2013 to avoid economic harm and allow time for a broader fiscal deal. Pressed directly on whether Obama would support a temporary extension, Carney said: "He will not. Could I be more clear?"
This is definitely one of the fights Obama wants to have Its time to start getting into specifics and make a clear difference between Obama and Romney on 3 or 4 big issues .This is one of them
obama now knows he has lost the election so he is abandoning working independents and feeding red meat to the freeloader class. I look for some more abortion and lefty stuff to come to the table in the next few weeks.
Obama knows he will wipe the floor with Romeny and this and the medicare voucher program are 2 of the issues he will do it with
Who is this freeloader class you keep talking about? The welfare moms? The old folks on SSI? The disabled and people on unemployment insurance? The abused and neglected children freeloading on the system with food,child care assistance and housing aid? Because those freeloaders are only sucking 13% of the budget. Damn, I think the rabid right need a new strawman.