Comments on: Congress Extends Payroll Tax Holiday, Sends Bill to President http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/ The latest Politics news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers including Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulos and more. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim J. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17964322 Tim J. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:52:28 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17964322 THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THIS PAYROLL TAX CUT IS GOING TO COME RIGHT OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY, WHICH IS FUNDED BY PAYROLL TAXES!! So an already stressed Social Security system will be worse for those about to retire! ABCNews has been engligent in mentioning this, and Obama has for his record a BROKEN PROMISE that Social Security will never be touched. So much for the wrecking ball President. He does not care about Social Security or the Deficit. He just wants to be reelected so that he can continue dismantling America! And the thing that galls me the most is that media like ABCNews gives him a free pass!! THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THIS PAYROLL TAX CUT IS GOING TO COME RIGHT OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY, WHICH IS FUNDED BY PAYROLL TAXES!! So an already stressed Social Security system will be worse for those about to retire! ABCNews has been engligent in mentioning this, and Obama has for his record a BROKEN PROMISE that Social Security will never be touched. So much for the wrecking ball President. He does not care about Social Security or the Deficit. He just wants to be reelected so that he can continue dismantling America!
And the thing that galls me the most is that media like ABCNews gives him a free pass!!

]]> By: BIG JIMMY http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17930442 BIG JIMMY Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:34:04 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17930442 If the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire the money hungry liberal spending democrats will just spend and waste even more money than they waste now! If the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire the money hungry liberal spending democrats will just spend and waste even more money than they waste now!

]]> By: newcountryman http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17920122 newcountryman Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:44:22 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17920122 The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living. The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

]]> By: newcountryman http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17918662 newcountryman Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:06:12 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17918662 They're unwilling to cut spending. If the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire the deficit would be less, but that's no guarantee they would get their spending under control. We really need to start austerity measure soon before this bus goes off the cliff. They’re unwilling to cut spending. If the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire the deficit would be less, but that’s no guarantee they would get their spending under control. We really need to start austerity measure soon before this bus goes off the cliff.

]]> By: THELOYALOPPOSITION http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17918062 THELOYALOPPOSITION Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:50:42 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17918062 Let’s just look at those pesky deficits….Blame Bush? —- YOU KNOW that CONGRESS approves all the spending of our tax dollars!!! Under Bush with a GOP control of congress… the deficits went DOWN FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS…. 2004- $568B; 2005- $494B; 2006- $434B; 2007- $342B Then the Dems took over congress in 2007… then we had the following budget deficits: 2008- $420B; 2009-$1,850B; 2010-$1,500B; 2011-$1,300B 2012-$1,330B (projected) 2013-$1,000B (Obama will get there) Obama has had THREE straight years of RECORD deficits…. EACH THREE TIMES more than Bush’s largest deficit!!! —- ALSO…. the last three years have seen a 24% increase in discretionary spending…Discretionary outlays in 2010 and 2011 were the highest % of GDP in about 20 years…. is that Bush’s fault?? — The stimulus that was passed EXCLUSIVELY by Democrats… was that Bush’s fault?? — Obamacare and Dodd-Frank and all the costs with them… was that Bush’s fault?? — The total debt as a percentage of GDP in Sept ’11 was 67%… NEARLY DOUBLE what it was in 2006 (37%)!!! Let’s just look at those pesky deficits….Blame Bush? —- YOU KNOW that CONGRESS approves all the spending of our tax dollars!!! Under Bush with a GOP control of congress… the deficits went DOWN FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS….
2004- $568B;
2005- $494B;
2006- $434B;
2007- $342B
Then the Dems took over congress in 2007… then we had the following budget deficits:
2008- $420B;
2009-$1,850B;
2010-$1,500B;
2011-$1,300B
2012-$1,330B (projected)
2013-$1,000B (Obama will get there)
Obama has had THREE straight years of RECORD deficits…. EACH THREE TIMES more than Bush’s largest deficit!!! —- ALSO…. the last three years have seen a 24% increase in discretionary spending…Discretionary outlays in 2010 and 2011 were the highest % of GDP in about 20 years…. is that Bush’s fault?? — The stimulus that was passed EXCLUSIVELY by Democrats… was that Bush’s fault?? — Obamacare and Dodd-Frank and all the costs with them… was that Bush’s fault?? — The total debt as a percentage of GDP in Sept ’11 was 67%… NEARLY DOUBLE what it was in 2006 (37%)!!!

]]> By: raven http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17917692 raven Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:41:02 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17917692 People can lie and deny all they want, but until we get something closer to real marxism firmly in place, things will be very hard and very unfair for most. People can lie and deny all they want, but until we get something closer to real marxism firmly in place, things will be very hard and very unfair for most.

]]> By: Quite sad and very true http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17917652 Quite sad and very true Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:39:21 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17917652 From Factcheck.org: “The nation’s total debt stood at $10.6 trillion on the day Obama took office, and it had increased to nearly $15.4 trillion by the end of January 2012 — a rise of more than $4.7 trillion in just over three years. That’s a huge increase to be sure — 44.5 percent. And the Congressional Budget Office now projects that it will grow to more than $16 trillion by the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30. At that point, the debt will have increased by more dollars in Obama’s first four years than it did in George W. Bush’s entire eight-year tenure, when it rose by $4.9 trillion. The rise under Obama would then be the biggest dollar increase for any president in U.S. history.” From Factcheck.org:
“The nation’s total debt stood at $10.6 trillion on the day Obama took office, and it had increased to nearly $15.4 trillion by the end of January 2012 — a rise of more than $4.7 trillion in just over three years.
That’s a huge increase to be sure — 44.5 percent. And the Congressional Budget Office now projects that it will grow to more than $16 trillion by the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30. At that point, the debt will have increased by more dollars in Obama’s first four years than it did in George W. Bush’s entire eight-year tenure, when it rose by $4.9 trillion. The rise under Obama would then be the biggest dollar increase for any president in U.S. history.”

]]> By: maxine http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17917612 maxine Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:37:24 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17917612 "Their strategy: repeat a lie often enough and people will belive it. The bigger the lie, the better." POSTED BY: RAVEN Yes, but nearly no one who isn't already a confirmed Obama sycophant or apologist is buying their stale spin and absurd lies anymore. Obama -- one and done. “Their strategy: repeat a lie often enough and people will belive it. The bigger the lie, the better.”
POSTED BY: RAVEN
Yes, but nearly no one who isn’t already a confirmed Obama sycophant or apologist is buying their stale spin and absurd lies anymore. Obama — one and done.

]]> By: bravenewworld http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17917462 bravenewworld Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:34:42 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17917462 Hope and Change: We can all only Hope (probably in vain) that we have some small Change left to jingle in our pockets when Obama's term is mercifully ended. Hope and Change: We can all only Hope (probably in vain) that we have some small Change left to jingle in our pockets when Obama’s term is mercifully ended.

]]> By: Tim http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/congress-extends-payroll-tax-holiday-sends-bill-to-president/#comment-17912092 Tim Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:59:28 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=451202#comment-17912092 Obama is getting this payroll tax break by taking the money out of social security system to pay for it. These are the same guys who run advertisements showing Republicans pushing grandma off a cliff. Remember seniors this was a Obama plan to continue these payroll tax cuts for another year. Good luck to those planning on social security being around in the future. Obama is getting this payroll tax break by taking the money out of social security system to pay for it. These are the same guys who run advertisements showing Republicans pushing grandma off a cliff. Remember seniors this was a Obama plan to continue these payroll tax cuts for another year.

Good luck to those planning on social security being around in the future.

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