Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday that President Obama will not sign an extension.
“He will not. Could I be more clear?” Carney said. “He will not support an extension of the upper-income Bush tax cuts. He could not be more clear.”
Clinton suggested on Tuesday that the cuts on higher-income earners should be extended temporarily to allow the economy more time to heal. But Obama has repeatedly said he wants them to expire as scheduled at the end of this year.
“President Obama has been clear about his position and it has not changed: We should not extend and he will not extend the tax cuts — the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of the American people,” Carney said Wednesday. “It’s bad policy. It’s bad for the economy.”
I haven’t figured out why middle class republicans are protecting the upper 2% like it was their own money. Someone is selling you a bill of goods. Who is better able to take increase? You or them?
On another note, while protecting the rich, it seems that the Republicans threw the American women under the bus:
President Obama railed against a Tuesday Senate vote where the chamber failed to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill designed to addressing the wage gap between men and women.
Obama: “This afternoon, Senate Republicans refused to allow an up-or-down vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, a commonsense piece of legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination. It is incredibly disappointing that in this make-or-break moment for the middle class, Senate Republicans put partisan politics ahead of American women and their families. Despite the progress that has been made over the years, women continue to earn substantially less than men for performing the same work. My Administration will continue to fight for a woman’s right for equal pay for equal work, as we rebuild our economy so that hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded, and every American gets a fair shot to succeed.”
I guess if you want Republican protection its best to be a wealthy 2%-er. Forget being a woman. Women earn 77 cents on the dollar compared to men. This bill has been called the companion bill to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play Act of 2009.
Both of these issues just seem like common sense to me.
Going into a prolonged war and increased spending cycle – and cutting taxes – not very prudent.
Voting in legislation (Part D) that includes increased spending, no funding and cutting taxes – not very prudent.
and one would expect Congress to make the right decisions – history, Congress itself, has proven that Congress is not very smart.
Well, class warfare has been working well for Obama so far, I don’t see why I’d change a winning strategy! And to answer your question, I don’t know why Clinton is protecting the upper 2%. Somebody must have sold him a bill of goods.
Here’s the funny part. Clinton knows Obama is in over his head, and deep down inside…so does everyone else. 🙂
No kidding.
Yet…that medicare D saved so many seniors. I believe I have mentioned before that when we moved my mother to NOVA, her drug insurance (pre medicare D) had not caught up with her and so she had a huge bill. For one month her bill was WAY over $1000. If I recall it was in excess of $1500. How many people can afford that high of a medical bill in one month? My mother didn’t take any of the premium drugs even.
When people have drug costs that exceed their social security, something is wrong. Of course, I think that the drug companies should have been beaten down and that the Canadian market should have been opened up for seniors. The drug company lobby is hugely influential and pretty much sets the tone. Yet there are those who defend them and corporate america to the hilt, regardless of what it is costing us. To me, that is a very stupid political agenda to have.
@SlowpokeRodriguez
I don’t know that. Actually, I see that you cannot discuss any problem without inserting some sort of cookie cutter political opinion into the conversation. That will never solve anything.
As much as I like Clinton, he doesn’t think anyone is as capable as he is. His supreme ego is part of his charm.
Let’s see, Pokey admits to class warfare but doesn’t admit to the war on women. Gotcha. 😉
To that I say bull pucky.,
I am not going to protect the ultra rich. I suppose you are going to whine about them having to pay more than $107,000 in FICA tax also. that is headed their way. boo Hoo. They can afford it better than I can.
I have no problem with class warfare. They would kick me to the curb like the serf that I am. I do not protect the wealthy. Its every dog for himself.
Clinton’s results speak for themselves. His large ego is well-deserved, as opposed to the large ego of the man-child currently inhabiting the White House.
Sorry, but Obama is a midget compared to Bill Clinton.
I feel certain you weren’t singing Clinton’s praises when he was in office. I remember quite well what was said about him and the hate directed at him. All this Saint Bill crap is very new. So tell someone without a memory. The only person I know who has ever been spoken of worse than Clinton is Obama. Of course there is just a little more to work with there. I sure heard enough about Clinton being a redneck bubba from Arkansas.
Oh, “War on Women” you say? You mean the Democrats ensuring that female fetuses can be aborted just because they might become a woman? At least in the right’s fairy-tale war on women, we don’t actually kill them!
Bwaaaaahahahaha what a dumb ass statement. You assume they are going to kill girls because you think you as a male are superior. I have it on good authority that the democrats are secretly planning on aborting male babies. That would end the war on women. [that was a joke, trolls.]
You are aware that it has always been legal for Americans to abort for gender selection. No one does. Why make laws against things that aren’t a problem? Why don’t we have laws against killing and eating lions? Same reason. Pssst….conservatives want LESS govt, not more. Do you need a law for EVERYthing?
@Cato the Elder
That’s true.
But I believe that President Obama’s ego is even bigger. Who else inserted themselves into almost every Presidential biography? Or this?
http://www.blackfive.net/.a/6a00d8341bfadb53ef016766fc56c8970b-pi
Really?
Someone on his staff needs to mention how his grandstanding plays and the photographer needs to stop publishing these things.
Not sure what I was looking at.
You just don’t want anyone to know how really great you think bill Clinton is.
@Moon-howler
“who has ever been spoken of worse than Clinton is Obama”
Well…except for Bush… Bush Derangement Syndrome
I think Clinton was spoken of worse than Bush. At least Limbaugh and Faux News weren’t after Bush.
@Moon-howler
Nope. Everyone else was. But we can agree that the last THREE Presidents have had it rough. Nothing compared to the early days, though.
As for what you were looking at – the official White House photo of the day for Memorial Day. Obama’s head, surrounded by light, imposed on the Wall…….
Who uses such iconography in America and expects it to be respected?
Why does he have to insert himself into everything? Or why does his staff do it?
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/white-house-augments-presidential-bios-with-obama-trivia/
Those additions have since been purged.
You dislike him so you start obsessing with it. I don’t even notice. If I were president, I might do the same thing…or might now.
I didnt pay attention to Bush either. Let me tell you how blind I am…I never noticed the “enhancement” when he landed on that air craft carrier…..Never even noticed until very recently when someone said “codpiece.”
Now I don’t know how I missed something like that.
Ut Oh. Marin is gonna accuse me of being crude. Sigh. Marin, you are right. Dirty old woman here.
Personally, if the President doesn’t want to sign it… good. Let the cards play out.
If he doesn’t sign an extension, everybody’s taxes go up. That’s going to get him elected. Not.
If he wants to restrict who gets the tax cut…that’s a new bill. Let him present it to Congress.
So far, with all his talk, there has been no actual bill presented with his idea of “fair” tax rules.
@Moon-howler
Here ya go… see if you see any similarities to today… as I did
http://youtu.be/Y_zTN4BXvYI
I didn’t like Jefferson’s accent.
@Moon-howler
What kind of accent is he supposed to have? Of course, its all make believe. We have to interpret everything from the written word and 3rd party descriptions.
But… you’re right…..now that I think about it….that characterization didn’t match with my image of him either.
I can’t see such a cold fish chasing after Sally Hemings…. 😉
He had a southern, Charlottesville accent. He said out, about, house where ou almost sounded like a long O.
He sounded like a pompous ass in the video…and I am sure he was anything but a pompous ass. Raving hot air bag perhaps but not a ass.
…looks like Clinton got smacked in the mouth and told to stop spreading the truth.
He can take it. He’s a big boy. Which truth? That horse crap abot protecting the wealthy again?
I dig it. Whenever the dems bag on Clinton it makes my heart all warm and gushy. It shows how extreme the left is in managing the message rather than fixing the issues.
@marinm
Bill probably couldn’t get nominated by the communists hiding behind the term “progressive” and masquerading as the Democratic Party.