Economy Alarm: Biden's "Smarta*s" Comment Latest Affront to Middle-Class Americans
Vice President Receives Backlash For Reaction to Small Business Manager as Dems Look to Increase Taxes on Hard-Working Families
President Obama Has Repeatedly Promised Middle-Class Families Would be Exempt from Tax Hikes
“Obama repeatedly vowed during the 2008 presidential election campaign that he would not raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 and households earning less than $250,000 a year.” (Rich Miller, “Obama ‘Agnostic’ on Deficit Cuts, Won’t Prejudge Tax Increases,” Bloomberg, 2/11/2010)
“He went on to say that the initiatives would ‘focus on easing the burdens on middle-class families who are struggling in this economy, and providing the help they need to get ahead.’ Well, they would ease them a little bit, perhaps, but not much.'” (Michelle Singletary, “President Obama proposals offer modest help to the middle-class,” Washington Post, 1/28/2010)
Credibility Crash: Dems Break Obama’s Campaign Pledge, Propose Tax Hikes on Middle-Class Families Below the $250,000-a-Year Threshold
Democrats are looking at the possibility of raising taxes on families below the $250,000-a-year threshold promised by President Barack Obama during the election.
The majority party on Capitol Hill does not feel bound by that pledge, saying the threshold for tax hikes will depend on several factors, such as the revenue differences between setting the threshold at $200,000 and setting it at $250,000. (Alexander Bolton, “Dems: We’re not bound by president’s tax vow,” The Hill, 6/22/2010)
Vice President Biden Calls Ice Cream Store Manager a “Smarta*s” for Asking for Lower Taxes:
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