WaPo warns of tax hikes
Lori Montgomery of the Washington Post demonstrates her keen eye for the obvious this morning as she warns that tax hikes are on their way;
During last year’s campaign, President Obama vowed to enact a bold agenda without raising taxes for the middle class, a pledge budget experts viewed with skepticism. Since then, a severe recession, massive deficits and a national debt that is swelling toward a 50-year high have only made his promise harder to keep.
The Obama administration has insisted that the pledge will stand. But the president’s top economic advisers have refused to rule out broad-based tax increases to close the yawning gap between federal revenue and government spending and are warning of tough choices ahead.
Of course, it’s Bush’s fault, and although Republicans warned during the campaign that Obama couldn’t keep his myriad of patronage purchasing promises without raising taxes, Montgomery writes that Republicans are “already on the attack”. Um, most of Republicans have been on the attack since the campaign. Why do you think Republicans, with the exception of a spineless few, have generally opposed Obama’s budget-busting “stimulous” packages and oppose the healthcare proposal?
Democrats say Obama is highly unlikely to break the pledge before next year’s congressional election and observe that it would be safer to wait until his second term if a tax increase becomes unavoidable.
Of course, Montgomery includes that line to demonstrate the Democrats’ political adeptness at fooling voters just one more time. But, most voters know that tax hikes are coming, it doesn’t matter when. We know Democrats won’t make the politically tough decisions – like cut spending – we all know that they’re so good at raising taxes.
But poor Obama is a victim of the Bush boom;
Obama not only faces the fallout from the worst economic downturn in 30 years, but also inherited the debt piled up by his predecessor, Republican George W. Bush. Bush invaded Iraq and approved an expensive new prescription drug benefit for the elderly while pushing through one of the biggest tax cuts of the post-war era — worth an estimated $1.6 trillion in foregone revenue by the time the provisions expire next year.
So the Washington Post, obviously, is wishing that Saddam Hussein was still in Iraq instead of under Iraq and the Washington Post wishes seniors would pay more for their drugs. And I guess the Washington Post wasn’t elated that they kept more of their money during the Bush boom.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Health Care debate, Liberals suck, Media
I like how the left, and the media, imply that tax cuts cost the government money. It’s not their money. It never was.
Wait a minute here, looks like someone is quoting a liberal newspaper. Why are we supposed to believe this story but when this “liberal rag” says something about a Republican we’re supposed to believe that their liars? I just don’t get it.
It’s like the “conservatives” on the radio such as Medved, Hannity, Levin, Hitchcock, Imgraham, and Coulter who like to attack the New York Times for being “liberal” but love to tell there audience that there newest books is on the New York Time Top Ten list.
Shouldn’t both the “conservative” Radio Hosts and the “conservative” bloggers quit using “liberal rags” as sources? Where is the consistency?
Obama’s, “Read my lips” moment. Only this one is a whole lot more expensive.
Disgruntled, it’s ok to quote the propaganda organs when they tell the truth, because it’s such a rare occurrence when they do. And, the best seller list has little to do with their attempt to provide cover for comrade 0 and his acolytes.
The WaPo did manage to avoid the fact that comrade 0 and his buds in congress have managed to run the debt up a couple of Trillion dollars, all on their own, in record time, so now they’re trying to lay it at the feet of Bush. And they’ve controlled the budget since 2006.
UpNorth said “Disgruntled, it’s ok to quote the propaganda organs when they tell the truth, because it’s such a rare occurrence when they do.”
You just made my point for me, thanks.
How do we know when they are telling the truth? Why should we believe them now when we didn’t believe them yesterday?
For example, We believed Judy Miller (ex-NYT reporter) when she reported Saddam was trying to buy Nuclear equipment for Niger, right? But wasn’t she (VP Cheney) wrong?
Back to the NY Times Best Seller list….Do you believe that the publishers are biased and are lefty/commie or whatever label that makes you feel good? Of course you do. So why would they put a Top Ten list in their newspaper that gives Jonas Goldberg the top spot, when all they would have to do is lie about the numbers?
Sorry, if you’re gonna cherry-pick a comment, I’m done kicking you around the yard. Go back to wherever it is you play. Didn’t feel like addressing the budget problem Comrade 0 has? And the dems? Guess not, Barney Frank was right when he said that Fannie and Freddie were doing just fine?
As to the NYT best seller list, it’s carried in lots of other papers, if they felt the NYT was fudging on the numbers, someone would call them on it. Hell, all you have to do is go Barnes & Noble or Amazon to check the numbers.
Niger? How many tons of yellowcake uranium were carted out of Iraq after the war?
“I’m done kicking you around the yard. Go back to wherever it is you play”
Your really bad at this, hopefully you don’t debate people in person. It’s kind of pathetic.
“Niger? How many tons of yellowcake uranium were carted out of Iraq after the war?”
Umm, I was there…didn’t see anybody carry any of that out the country, Don’t you think with our amazing technological superiority that we would have noticed that? Why do you look down on the military and our country like that? You sound like a lefty.
Jonn wrote: “Don’t you think with our amazing technological superiority that we would have noticed that?”
Some of us did notice it; http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/iraq.uranium/
Nope, not a lefty. And I hope that you found a paying job when you got out, you sure don’t debate well at all.
Seems that even the Clinton News Network picked up on the uranium story. What’s that, 500 metric tons? Did you sleep through that? Because you “didn’t see anybody carry any of that out the country”. Anyway, IF you were there, thanks for your service.
Come on Jonn and UpNorth…where is your consistency?
You claim to hate the “leftwing media” and then call a media source the “Clinton News Network” but then try to use them as a source.
How am I supposed to believe something from the “Clinton News Network” and then later down the road you’ll attack them?
Hey, maybe tomorrow the New York Times will report that “Obama punches a veteran” or “Pelosi has dinner with Hugo Chavez” and you’ll use them as a source. Should I believe it or should I just believe it cause it helps the conservative movement?
Jonn wrote: Ah, those ever-moving goal posts of Leftist discussions. I would have put the links to the Fox News or the Wall Street Journal articles, but then you’d have written disparaging comments about Rupert Murdoch.
Deny, Lie, Obfuscate. The lefty goal-post moving team. ‘Nuff said.
name-calling and labeling…not a good trait.
Who’s a lefty? not me, Who’s a righty? not me.
Happen to just be an American with consistency. Can you claim the same thing Jonn and UpNorth?
Consistency–yes, ever changing the talking points to suit your need when the old ones are curb stomped, that’s your consistent point.
Sparky, that’s “disgruntled’s” talent. Consistently inconsistent. And just for his info, it wasn’t name-calling. Just pointing out how those on the left carry on a conversation.
and the right has consistency, really? You know I do have a memory and does go back 8 years. Weren’t we told by the right not to question the Commander in Chief during a time of war? Oh yes we were. Now if we were consistent, we wouldn’t be questioning this Commander in Chief during the same war.
So I’ll be consistent and question both. Can you say the same thing?
I’ll be consistent and not believe any story the news reports, be it from WaPo or WSJ, NYT or NYP, Fox or MSNBC. I don’t trust any of them. How about you guys?
You people pick and choose what story you like from whatever source. Wake up, your being sold crap.
So please UpNorth, please enlighten me. Where have I been inconsistent….name one thing.