Politics

http://s.erious.ly

Posts tagged "tax cuts"

Back when Mitt Romney didn’t support the Bush tax cuts

Mitt Romney, 2003 (Boston Globe, via Nexis):

ROMNEY WEIGHS IN - CAREFULLY - ON BUSH TAX-CUT PLAN
GOVERNOR WON'T GIVE HIS ENDORSEMENT

WASHINGTON - Governor Mitt Romney refused yesterday to endorse tax cuts at the heart of President Bush's economic program, but he told members of the state's congressional delegation during a...

Senate passes tax cut deal, focus turns to House

President Obama's tax cut deal has passed the Senate, winning approval in a lopsided 81-19 vote. The legislation now moves to the House where progressive Democrats continue to seek modifications to the deal without actually killing the deal itself.

AP reports one such proposal would convert the Social Security payroll tax cut into...

How might the House pass the tax "deal" few members say they want?

Wondering how the House will be able to pass the tax cut extensions "deal" when so many members say they'd reject it as currently written?

Look back to how they passed the war supplemental in July.

Basically, if you read the following pieces:

Democrats a l’Orange

Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Humor, Chaos Theory, CongressIgnore them. They'll pipe down soon enough. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Facing Tax-Cut Revolt, Obama Gets Help from Bill Clinton

Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, Taxes, Bill Clinton, Obama Administration, White HouseAlthough some Democrats in Congress are furious about Obama's deal with the GOP on tax cuts, the former president call it the "best bipartisan agreement we can ...

President Clinton makes case for tax cut deal in WH briefing

MSNBC.com:

At Obama's side, Clinton backs tax deal

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at President Barack Obama's side on Friday to back the tax cut compromise Obama negotiated with Republicans.

"I don't believe there is a better deal out there," Clinton told reporters in the...

Tax Cuts Deal: Sympathy for the President

Filed under: Republicans, Taxes, Deep Background, Economy, Barack Obama Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

The ticking bomb of the tax cut "compromise"

I think one of the reasons the White House is so miffed "the left" for not wholeheartedly supporting the Great And Wise Tax Compromise of 2010 is that they quite sincerely don't see the dangers of the "compromise" that many of us see. Obama truly sees the "payroll tax holiday" as having a stimulus effect,...

Who does the tax cut deal hurt?

These are the tax cuts for some of the folks who’ve been hit hardest by this recession, and it would be simply unacceptable if their taxes went up while everybody else’s stayed the same. - President Obama

Over the past couple of days, we've been told that the tax cut deal...

President Obama tries to put lipstick on a pig

Once again trying to put lipstick on a pig of a deal he made with the Republicans, President Obama said:

As for now, I believe this bipartisan plan is the right thing to do.  It’s the right thing to do for jobs.  It’s the right thing to do for the middle class....

Are Senate Democrats willing to fight the tax cut compromise?

The day after the deal was announced, Senate Democrats are beginning to express their displeasure with the so-called compromise that President Obama crafted with his new-found friends in the Republican Party.

Calling the deal an "absolute disaster," Bernie Sanders is threatening a filibuster, Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is "very unhappy,", Mary Landrieu (D-LA)...

Tax-Cut Deal: If It’s Good for Regular Americans, Isn’t That Good Enough for Now?

Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Deficit, Unemployment, Jobs, AnalysisDemocrats are the harshest critics of Obama's tax deal with the GOP -- yet it could be a key to recovery for both the economy and their party. Permalink | Email th...

Sponsorship

Publishers

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.