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Obama's 2008 campaign was built on his vow to end the Bush tax cuts. For that to happen, all he had to do was nothing as they were to automatically expire. Having both the House and Senate, he could have established middle class tax cuts. He didn't. And instead he openly endorsed the Bush tax cuts and signed them into law as Obama's tax cuts to the super rich.
Thus, it is a false to call them "the Bush tax cuts." Bush did not endorse or sign their being extended. Under his bill, they would have expired and not exist anymore.
It was Obama, not Bush, that has given those tax breaks to the super rich - exactly opposite what he promised he'd do. They are the OBAMA tax cuts as it is OBAMA who signed them into law after endorsing them. NOW in 2012, his campaign promise (and raging) is against his own tax cuts including to the super rich that he, Obama, put into law.
How absurd and dishonest can any politician be than that?! Do you think the Obama tax cuts for the super rich should be repealed? Obama says that is his primary goal in 2013, to repeal the Obama tax cuts for the super rich he put into law after the 2008 election.
Thus, it is a false to call them "the Bush tax cuts." Bush did not endorse or sign their being extended. Under his bill, they would have expired and not exist anymore.
It was Obama, not Bush, that has given those tax breaks to the super rich - exactly opposite what he promised he'd do. They are the OBAMA tax cuts as it is OBAMA who signed them into law after endorsing them. NOW in 2012, his campaign promise (and raging) is against his own tax cuts including to the super rich that he, Obama, put into law.
How absurd and dishonest can any politician be than that?! Do you think the Obama tax cuts for the super rich should be repealed? Obama says that is his primary goal in 2013, to repeal the Obama tax cuts for the super rich he put into law after the 2008 election.
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