Obama Budget Chief on Hill Dems Plan to Scrap Middle Class Tax Cut: “We have two years to figure this out”

The Democratic Congress and Obama has already broken promise to the America people that they support middle class tax cut. They lied during their campaign before they won the election last year. The Democratic will raise taxes. I am not too impress with Obama’s Budget Chief. I don’t know who this guy is. He is the worse “Budget Chief” in this history. The Democratic Congress will lose the election big in 2010 and Mrs. Pelosi will not be the Speaker of the House anymore. She deserve to retire from Congress and go back to San Fran, California to play “Grandma” to her grandkids.

They are all taking us to Hell; democrats and republicans. None of them care about *us*, they only care about political power plays. They care when it is time to get re-elected, and then that is it.
I want to tell you how much I appreciate your reporting. THANK YOU for actually being a reporter vs a groupie. The Press was designed to keep tabs on the government, not cheerlead for them. Thank you!

What should REALLY make people mad is that if John Kerry hadn’t sabbed Howard Dean, Dean would STILL be president, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would be over, the Patriot Act would be decommissioned, and we’d have National Health.
Instead, we’re tripping down the road to fascism with a Jim Jones knock-off.

anonymous:”I don’t know who this guy is. He is the worse “Budget Chief” in this history. ”
Without googling it, can you even name two past Budget Chiefs? I’m wondering just how wide a field you’re considering before bestowing that worst title.

“some campaign trail promises … may get left on the cutting room floor.”
Along with the Congress.

Pants on Fire:”Instead, we’re tripping down the road to fascism with a Jim Jones knock-off.”
What similarities do you see between Jim Jones and Obama? They have radically different speaking styles (Obama is first and foremost a writer and lecturer, not an unscripted preacher), as proven by sporatic resistance from his supporters Obama clearly does not have a cult of personality, and I do not know of a single social issue where they share the same view.
I am curious what similarities you see, as based on the actual historical record you may as well be suggesting Obama is identical to Reagan.

Jake, why not repeatedly ask President Obama whether he would “sign a budget” that didn’t contain several of his key priorities.
Oh, that’s right. Presidents don’t sign budgets into law. Forget it.

“I am curious what similarities you see, as based on the actual historical record you may as well be suggesting Obama is identical to Reagan.”
You’re right: He DOES combine the messianic political flim-flam Jones was so good at with the mocking, long-winded nonsense of The Great Communicator.

Hmmmmm…… Jake3 what is with this report of yours then?
The Senate will “protect President Obama’s priorities — education, energy, health care, middle class tax relief and cut the deficit in half,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

If Dean had been elected president, the joy among the people would have been such that great changes actually would have come about.
The mobbed-up “Obama” organization, alas, took nothing from Dean but his flair for online organizing.

some campaign trail promises, like middle class tax cuts, may get left on the cutting room floor.
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Nobody really believes politician promises anyway.
Posted by: mad
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How do you know when a politician is lying? their lips are moving.

david:”I had always been taught that when you get in a little too deep, debt wise, that you bit the bullet and cut back, paid down the debts and resumed a more careful financial strategy. ”
I have never heard that taught when dealing with macroeconomics on a nation-state scale. It doesn’t make any sense – the coordinated action made possible by a government structure is most needed when ‘you get in a little too deep’ (war, famine, depression, natural disaster). The current recession is patently not caused by government overspending (note the lack of inflation, despite Greenspan’s and Bernie’s best efforts).

“our Government is pretty darn good entertainment.”
It’s not such great entertainment for the completely dispossessed, I expect … many of whom will have managed to see the fraud Obama try to minimize yesterday’s “press-conference” question about the homeless with a lot of pointless posturing.

Congressional Term Limits!!!

To Pants On Fire… at least he had the decency to acknowledge that there is homelessness in the US… as well as to point out that a large percentage of homeless people in the US are veterans.
Previous Presidents, and the GOP leaders, have never even had the decency to make those statements in public.
It was always the “see no evil, hear no evil, therefore there is no evil” mantra.
I give Obama tons of credit for his honesty.
Surprising isn’t it, that question was not asked by a mainstream newspaper?
Ebony magazine. Give the reporter credit for raising the topic to national prominence where it belongs.

“According to the national Nielsen ratings, Barack Obama’s Tuesday-night press conference lost viewers compared with his two most recent heavily covered evening events.
“The news special drew 40.4 million viewers — down 18% from from his Feb. 9 press conference, and down 23% from his Feb. 24 address to Congress. The numbers are the combined viewership from 11 cable and broadcast networks that carried the event.”

Fascist Hyena: “”He said that people making less than $250,000 would receive a TAX CUT.”
That’s false. Roughly 40% of US adults paid no income tax at all in 2007″ blah blah blah
He NEVER SAID INCOME TAX CUT. Why do you keep insisting he did? I’m not sure if you’re lying or just incredibly easily swayed by groups lying to you. Social security and medicare are commonly referred to as payroll TAXES. I guess in your reality, they’re not. And sales tax isn’t a real tax either, nor gas tax, nor real estate tax, nor anything else – when you hear ‘taxes’ it MUST mean the national income tax and nothing else, is that Right?

“If Dean had been elected president, the joy among the people would have been such that great changes actually would have come about.”
Okey dokey.
I like the Doctor a great deal but I recognize the reality of the situation.
Besides, his becoming DNC head instead of the nominee was a blessing in disguise.

“Besides, [Dr. Dean's] becoming DNC head instead of the nominee was a blessing in disguise.”
A blessing for the “Obama” organization’s corporate mobsters.
If a Republican had tried this crappola, he/she/they’d have been under siege by now.

“The only people calling Obama the messiah would be his opponents.”
The distinction is that the Obama followers believe he can walk on water and do no wrong. Those calling him a messiah are only reflecting that phenomenon of his followers.
For example, you believe he can walk on water and that he can do no wrong, right? Otherwise you would occasionally offer up some critical thinking about him, no?

“It has only been two months in office for Obama” and yet another campaign promise has been broken.
No “middle class tax cut”…..

“Otherwise you would occasionally offer up some critical thinking about him, no?”
I think you guys have that more than covered already. We don’t feel any need to pile on any more criticism.

“Obama has reduced the amount of withholding from paychecks, which includes income tax, not just payroll taxes. He cannot reduce your social security or medicare contributions. This is not a tax cut, only a way to give employees extra spending money. You will owe the same amount of income tax when you file. The “middle class tax cut” he promised is a scam.”
ROFLMAO!
That’s the right wing lie
Now for the truth
For 2009 and 2010, the Making Work Pay provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals and $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns.
This tax credit will be calculated at a rate of 6.2 percent of earned income and will phase out for taxpayers with adjusted gross income in excess of $75,000, or $150,000 for married couples filing jointly.
For people who receive a paycheck and are subject to withholding, the credit will typically be handled by their employers through automated withholding changes in early spring. These changes may result in an increase in take-home pay. The amount of the credit must be reported on the employee’s 2009 income tax return filed in 2010. Taxpayers who do not have taxes withheld by an employer during the year can also claim the credit on their 2009 tax return.

President Obama got us this tax cut; it is up to us to yell so we get to keep it.

Poor people and rich people now have new common ground – we’re tired of hearing about this wonderful middle class and how important they are. Are poor people not an issue – as poverty reigns in the U.S.’s ghetto? Do rich people (however we define them today) not have an important role to play in this recovery?
Who is this middle class anyway — I think it’s just a word that gets in the way of fairness to ALL Americans.

So is the $400 for working individuals and $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns it?
I am self employed, gross $78,000 a year and PAY TAXES. 15% Fed, 11% State and 15% full FICA. My wife works part time for for LESS than minumum wage because she gets tips. That brings another $1000 a month. With three kids, two cars and one mortgaged house I guess that makes us middle class, although I have never worked so hard to feel so poor.
So is a credit $800 for 2009 all I can count on?