Obama's Altered Tax Pledge

ATR ^ | 2012-08-22 | John Kartch

[92nina]

2008:

“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” --Candidate Barack Obama, Sept. 12, 2008

“No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama’s plan will see one single penny of their tax raised whether it’s their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.” --Joe Biden, Vice-Presidential debate in St. Louis, Oct. 3, 2008

2012:

“So if your family makes under $250,000 -- which, by the way, 98 percent of Americans do -- 97 percent of small businesses do, you will not see your income taxes increase by a single dime next year. That’s my plan. -- August 8, 2012 Grand Junction, CO

“Now, if your family makes under $250,000 -- which, by the way, is 98 percent of American families and 97 percent of small businesses -- under my plan, your income taxes would not increase a single dime next year. (Applause.) That’s my plan.” -- August 9, 2012 in Colorado Springs, CO

“So if your family makes $250,000 a year or less -- like 98 percent of Americans -- you won’t see your income taxes increase by a single dime next year under my plan. Not one dime.” -- August 13, 2012 in Boone, IA

Read more: http://atr.org/obamas-altered-tax-pledge-a7154#ixzz24OTXLb7l

[92nina]

President Obama has altered his "firm pledge" from “any form of tax increase” in 2008 to just “income taxes” in 2012, and for only “next year.”

[a fool in paradise]

Obama lied on his “READ MY LIPS NO NEW TAXES” pledge. The media doesn’t care.

[DustyMoment]

Actually, this isn't quite true. Even before the '08 election, candidate obi wa nobama and his marionette, Joe BiteMe, had subtly changed it from $250,000 to $200,000 (spreading the net a little wider).

Today, even the DBM is admitting that the middle class has been under attack and has declined over the past 4 years.

[Mad Dawgg]

You don’t even need to keep track of his statement all you need is to mention his Healthcare plan. See the individual mandate is a tax... His lawyers argued it was a tax in front of SCOTUS and SCOTUS ruled its a tax therefore Obama lied and raised taxes... case closed.

[92nina]

“Obi wa Nobama” hah.

I hadn’t seen the $200,000 figure. Was it just a trial balloon he abandoned, or did he use it more?

And now the president is going after the 2% instead of the 1% so we’re only a short time away from the dreaded 49% in his speeches.

[chiefqc]

And what is the surprise here?

[DustyMoment]

I hadn’t seen the $200,000 figure. Was it just a trial balloon he abandoned, or did he use it more?

The $200,000 figure was one he used after getting broad coverage for the $250.000 number. Biden was the first to introduce the $200,000 figure, then Obama started using it. This was probably in the last 2 - 3 weeks before the '08 election. By that time, the DBM was deeply in the tank for zero they weren't going to point out the discrepancy.