Community | April 10, 2011 | 6 comments

Plouffe: Obama still wants tax hikes for wealthy

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White House senior adviser David Plouffe said on Sunday that President Barack Obama will continue to call for the wealthiest Americans to pay higher taxes in a speech scheduled for this week.

"People like him, as he'll say, who've been very fortunate in life, have the ability to pay a little bit more," Plouffe said on NBC's "Meet the Press," emphasizing the president will also continue his pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class.

"He has said he believes taxes on the higher income - people over $250,000 - should eventually go up. … I think the president’s goal - and he's been clear about this - is to protect the middle class as we move forward here," Plouffe added.

Plouffe praised congressional Republicans for making specific cuts in their budget plan, but said they would draw the line on their approach to taxes.

“The Republican congressional plan that came out...they put some specific ideas out. They should be credited for that. There's a couple in there we agree with. They, for instance, preserve the savings from the health-care reform in Medicare," Plouffe said. "But the congressional Republican plan, for instance, … would give the average millionaire a $200,000 tax cut while asking more of the middle class. … So we're obviously not going to sign on with that approach."

The budget plan offered by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) "may pass the House," Plouffe acknowledged. But "it's not going to become law."


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6 comments // Plouffe: Obama still wants tax hikes for wealthy

  • FreetobeyoUandme7
  • samthesixth
  • lazloman
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      lazloman  

    • Democrats don't have the cojones for raising taxes. This is misinformation at best. What I'd like to see is closing loopholes and actually enforcing the existing tax code. I think that's more doable, but again, it comes down to cojones.

    • 1 year ago
  • COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM
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      COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM  

    • Bullshit lip service! Distraction at it's best!

      Where's the end of war spending? Stopping all wars balances all budgets!

      Where are the corporate taxes? Collect corporate back taxes and reduce the national debt!

      All the petty things being discussed merely obscure the giant issues sucking our nation's lifeblood.

      Complete campaign finance reform; NOW, and ending corporate personhood; NOW!

      Fund people, not wars!

      Fund people, not corporations

    • 1 year ago
  • Milieu
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      Milieu  

    • While it's true that David is a professional "Plouffer," perhaps Obama is gonna draw another line in the sand like he did with Planned Parenthood.

      Besides, what other choice do we have? 3rd Party vote is vote for Republic Syndicate and the Oligarchs who control them.

      Can you say Presidential Vote 2000? I knew you could.

      A vote for Republic Syndicate is same as slashing your own throat >> always has been, always will be.

    • 1 year ago
  • PoliticalAmazon
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      PoliticalAmazon  

    • What complete and utter bullshit.

      You can tell it's 2012 campaign season when Obama's campaign manager starts spraying bullshit out of his mouth with a fire-hose.

      We are going to have to hear MORE of this bullshit, too, because, unfortunately, the Doormat Democrats, who still support Obama after all of his broken promises, lies, and support of the GOP/corporatist agenda, will STILL vote for him in 2012.

      So, we will continue to suffer the bullshit-fire-hose treatment from Obama tools like Plouffe as long as the Doormat Democrats continue to gobble it up.

    • 1 year ago
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