… AND HE MAY GET HIS WISH
Last week, The Wall Street Journal quoted a “senior administration official” as saying that U.S. President Barack Obama would “make no new offers” in fiscal cliff debate “until Republicans changed their opposition to raising top tax rates.”
This week, there’s another statement coming out of the White House that’s worth paying attention to …
“While Obama doesn’t want to go over the cliff, he’s willing to do so if Republicans don’t budge,” administration officials told liberal website Mother Jones for a story entitled “Why Obama may be willing to go over the fiscal cliff.”
May? May be willing?
For those of you who can’t read the tea leaves here, the question isn’t whether Barack Obama wants to go over the cliff … the question is whether anyone can
For those of you unfamiliar with this debate, the fiscal cliff refers to the expiration of tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003. Obama’s administration wants to preserve the current tax rates for individuals making less than $250,000 a year – but raise taxes on upper income earners. In fact that’s the centerpiece of his $1.6 trillion tax hike proposal. “Republicans” are proposing an $800 billion tax hike that doesn’t include the upper income tax hikes.
Recent polling shows that 53 percent of Americans would blame “Republicans” if a deal is not reached. By comparison only 29 percent would blame Obama.
Armed with these numbers, Obama is simply refusing to compromise – despite the fact that his GOP “opponents” have completely sold their souls in an effort to meet his tax hike demand halfway.
“Obama will never take (the Boehner deal),” one federal lawmaker told FITS. “He WANTS to go over.”
The lawmaker then added that going over the cliff is “a central piece of their plan to take back the House in 2014.”
Translation? Obama can’t lose. Either he gets the $1.6 trillion tax hike he’s been coveting – or he gets to blame his “opponents” for the tax hikes that result from a stalemate.
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Is Boehner crying in that picture?
Hyper-hungover as usual.
Comrade Obama knows what is best for us.
Forward, comrades!
Good for him.
Let us all remember a few things.
1. The Republicans made this deal that put the “fiscal cliff” into play. If they don’t like the deal then they shouldn’t have signed off on it in the first place.
2. If the combination of cuts and tax increases go into place it will simply drive the economy down at a faster rate. Given that our gov’t is unable to meet all of its obligations long term anyway without copious money printing, which is a self sustaining from of prolonged economic misery, maybe it’s the best solution to go ahead and speed up the economic meltdown and hope for a financial system reset.
For those of you who can’t read the tea leaves here, the question isn’t whether Barack Obama wants to go over the cliff … the question is whether anyone can
Whether anyone can what?! The suspense is killing me!
Give ’em hell, President Obama – and don’t budge an inch!
You were re-elected President for a reason – if we wanted the Romney/Ryan plan they would have been elected.
Give ’em hell!
He’s ramming his SHAFT down the Throat of Idiots like you…Unless you have Bill Cosby or Oprah money…
And even then, When this Ignorant B@$T@*d breaks the bank, the Dumb@$$ Filthy Rich elites who have sucked him off…will be the Targets…
It amazes me that Self-Loathing Liberal Nujobs, like Blues, will Starve their children, just to assuage the Guilt they have over their democrat Slave-hiolding Racist Past…
Repent to God…and Quit worshiping some False idle who wants to Slurp at the public trough and screw all of us who EARN a living…
How much does Solyndra and Hamas get from Obama if he gets his way????
$90 Billion and counting on Stupid-based “Green” Energy is a Fantasy of Ignorant Hoax-Based Leftwing Doomsday Fools….
You F^&Kin idiots put this piece of $#!* back in the White House…I just hope he REAMS your @$$-Holes out to pay for Michelle’s Bilion-Dollar travel junkets, and his Champagne and Golf trips…
While your children have no shoes, and your Boss tells you to F^&k off…Then, I hope the H#!! you figure out what a Dumb-@$$ you are….
Ah, back to Solyndra already, huh? Even though Solyndra was only one company and that it was more of an exception than the rule of that program.
If anything, I’m glad Obama won because it means 4 more years of the FITSNews clown’s priceless comedic routines. Don’t ever change, Big(o)T.
Although I like the Big (o) T concept, don’t you think that a better signature for him would be:
BIG (idio)T
Rush, Drudge, Faux News, or Beck must have mentioned Solyndra today.
Armed with these numbers, Obama is simply refusing to compromise
Pretty sure Democrats walloped Republicans in the last election and that a majority of Americans approve of ending the tax cuts for the rich. The ones who aren’t compromising are the Republicans, and they aren’t just refusing to compromise with Obama. They are willing to take away everyone’s tax breaks if they don’t get to keep the breaks for the rich.
Hell, even if you want to pretend to be fair, Obama is demanding tax increases on the rich and the GOP is demanding the cuts remain for the rich, so the very least you could say is that neither side wants to compromise.
But, no, Obama’s the only one we can blame.
“Obama will never take (the Boehner deal),” one federal lawmaker told FITS.
He’d be an absolute moron to take Boehner’s shitty deal. Fuck Boehner and his masters. If he were serious and smart he’d demand some serious spending cuts to go with the expiring tax cuts and claim success if it passes and point fingers if it doesn’t. Instead he is going to drop off the cliff and face Obama asking for middle class tax cuts and the GOP cult telling him to refuse it.
The positive here is that people are starting to hate Boehner on all sides, so his willful servitude to the powers that be may cost him his seat in two years.
Smirks: Obama is ARMED with the prospeity and Borrowing power Americans EARNED….and he has almost completely SQUANDERED it…
And when he finishes F^&*king it up…that No-job Piece of $#&t will Crash like the mindless, one-trick pony he is….
And I hope you Dumb@$$#$ get yours…you Deserve it MORE than ANYONE…
PS: didn’t Matt Lauer get fired…CANNOT wait til unemployment Goes Epidemic in the Financaily Nosediving media, that put Obama back in…I will LMAO because it is JUSTICE….
And I hope you Dumb@$$#$ get yours…you Deserve it MORE than ANYONE…
“Yeah, you deserve to fail for not agreeing with me!” -Big(o)T
big T nees to learn a few spiritual techniques, if not he will surely return to this world as a lowly animal. remember big(0)T: incarnating as a human is both a blessing and a curse. try using the last few bits of your life for both your own spritual ascension and to make the lives if others bettr. and if you really are womanbeater will, as most in the know assume, i suggest you quit this unholy enterprise of a website, go to india, find an ashram and meditate until you get a clue. embracing the material world will ony keep you stuck, locked down, and in nearly eternal misery. helpul hint: be aware of the hindrance to enligtement knwn in the buddhist tradition as VYAPADA: ANGER/ILL WILL: feelings of malice directed towards others. util youn remove this obstacle, you will continue in your miserable state (and i dont mean SC). try using a ganesha mantra to help you to remove the obstacle.
Smirks, Boner can’t make a deal because he can’t deliver the votes. Obama’s best move (and the one I think he is going to make) is to let the Bush tax cuts expire on Dec. 31st and on Jan.2 bring in a bill to restore the tax cuts for those earning less than $250K. The repubs will have to vote for that because it’s a tax decrease or face the music. Once done, he can talk turkey about spending cuts.
I agree with you Sailor!
Tax increases for everyone WILL happen – already has (remember Obama-care?) — the sequestrations won’t happen – because lobbyists are busy greasing the palms of Congressmen on both sides so the defense contractors and other businesses dependent on Government won’t have to take a hit.
Once the Bush tax rates revert to Clinton Tax rates, Obama can make a big show out of meager “tax cuts” for HIS constituency – wage earners under $100k – which if opposed by the R’s, will shift the House back to a democratic majority in 2014 – and after that, there is no stopping them.
The R’s in Congress need to forget about keeping the Bush tax rates – go ahead and let Obama fuck over the “rich” – let him raise rates, but leave deductions as is – and then blame Obama when the economy goes into the shitter again – it isn’t like these voters will suddenly become Dems.
Another recesssion and higher taxes over the next two years will not benefit Obama in 2014.
Is John Crying in that picture?
Republicans are not poised to fix the economy. They can hardly fix their own failing party. They haven’t had any leadership in their own party for years. If Republicans wish to be taken seriously, they should get their act together, until then, move out of the way and let the Democrats lead.
The paper U.S. dollar (Federal Reserve Note) will be worthless soon.