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Obama: I’ve got my pen ready to raise those taxes
Hot Air.com ^ | November 9, 2012 | ERIKA JOHNSON

Posted on 11/09/2012 4:29:48 PM PST by Kaslin

In case you missed it this afternoon (or, if you just didn’t want to watch it, in which case I sympathize), President Obama held his first post-election, fiscal-cliff, no-questions-please presser this afternoon, during which he iterated pretty much everything you’d expect.

Obama brandishes presidential pen as he calls for more taxes

National Journal sums it up:

Earlier on Friday, Speaker of the House John Boehner held his own press conference, implying that he was ruling out any tax hikes as part of a deal, via the NYT:

“It’s clear that there are a lot of special interest loopholes in the tax code, both corporate and personal,” he said. “It’s also clear that there are all kinds of deductions, some of which make sense, others don’t. And by lowering rates and cleaning up the tax code, we know we’re going to get more economic growth.” …

But Mr. Boehner said he has a mandate as well.

“There’s a Republican majority here in the House,” he said. “The American people re-elected a Republican majority, and I’m proud of the fact that our team in a very difficult year was able to maintain our majority.”

And I just know you’re curious about what House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi thought about the whole thing, so here you go:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responded to President Obama with a statement that the president “is exactly right – the American people voted on Tuesday for certainty for our economy and middle class families.”

“President Obama has his signing pen ready, and I am certain that, given the opportunity, Democrats in the House will vote to send the middle income tax cut to the President next week,” said Pelosi.

So, everybody’s geared up for the fight, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid affirmed his readiness to raise the debt ceiling to almost $19 trillion earlier this week — which is really awesome, since we’re set to hit around $20 trillion in debt by the end of Obama’s second term. I’m sure we can just keep delaying dealing with our debt, and delaying it, and delaying it, and delaying it…



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To: Kaslin

Like an immature teenager who has maxed out his folks credit card and now wants more.....


21 posted on 11/09/2012 5:09:02 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: nascarnation
I just wish I knew when and how it will happen so I could structure my investments to best survive.

I sympathize. My parents have some Krugerrands stashed, too ... but you can't eat them. I've invested in children who can grow food if TSHTF! Our neighborhood was farmland only 20 years ago, and it can be again, if people get hungry. Between us and the Russians and Ukrainians, there are plenty of strong young folks to work it.

22 posted on 11/09/2012 5:10:16 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up." ~marron)
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To: Bronzy

“We voted in 2010 to STOP Obamacare....”

That worked out well, didn’t it?


23 posted on 11/09/2012 5:10:33 PM PST by mark3681
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To: greenhornet68

I’d like to jam that pen up his nose.


24 posted on 11/09/2012 5:17:48 PM PST by GnL
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To: mark3681

I was hopeful. I do not know why so many did not vote Republican. I voted hoping the 2010 Tea Party rebellion would send an overwhelming message...Ah, little did I know that Tea Party reformers would sit out and let Obama have at us again.


25 posted on 11/09/2012 5:27:41 PM PST by Bronzy
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To: GnL

I’ll second you.

Only here will I see or hear O for the next four years.


26 posted on 11/09/2012 5:30:49 PM PST by Bronzy
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To: mark3681
Are you forgetting that we don't have the Senate. With out it we are helpless, even though we have the House.

Now I wonder who of the Freepers sat on their butt on Tuesday, so we could have at least captured the Senate majority? With it we would be able to remove that arrogant, lazy, lying pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. After the House could impeach him

27 posted on 11/09/2012 5:31:44 PM PST by Kaslin ( One Big Ass Mistake America (Make that Two))
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To: nascarnation

Plus, we are spending .borrowing $6 for every $1 of economic growth. Sounds like a plan.


28 posted on 11/09/2012 5:34:01 PM PST by RonnG
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To: Kaslin

29 posted on 11/09/2012 5:35:32 PM PST by 4Liberty (Some on our "Roads & Bridges" head to the beach. Others head to their offices, farms, libraries....)
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To: GnL
I’d like to jam that pen up his nose.

I'd like to stick it somewhere else, as they say where the sun doesn't shine.

30 posted on 11/09/2012 5:37:03 PM PST by Marathoner (Benghazi = Watergate on steroids)
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To: Kaslin

Are you forgeting? It takes 67 votes to remove the pos from office after an impeachment.


31 posted on 11/09/2012 5:37:15 PM PST by RonnG
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To: Kaslin

Didn’t it look from his demeanor and tone of voice today that he’s ready to negotiate and work with Congress? That man is STILL angry and it shows! He’s no more ready to listen to the other side in the next four years than he was in the last four.

What was the purpose of having that many bodies around him for this speech today? Failed to impress me if that was his objective!

This TOO SHALL PASS I keep telling myself.


32 posted on 11/09/2012 5:54:57 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Kaslin

Go ahead Mr. President. But don’t just bring back the rates before the the Bush (and congress) tax cuts. Lets do this thing right. Take us back to the rates under Carter. Wasn’t it 78% then. You know during those wonderful years under Carter, which I must admit you have done a pretty good job of recreating. Those were the good times before the decade of greed that was the eighties, when everyone was buying Ferrari’s and making lots of money. Then Bill Clinton came along and it was suddenly a good thing to make money. Just changing from a Republican to Democrat caused it to be the decade of prosperity for all. Amazing.


33 posted on 11/09/2012 6:04:51 PM PST by albionin
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To: Kaslin

Sure, I say we go ahead and do it, on one condition: ELIMINATE WITHOLDING. MAKE EVERY TAXPAYER WRITE A PAYCHECK ONCE A YEAR TO THE IRS FOR HIS TAXES.


34 posted on 11/09/2012 6:09:47 PM PST by dinodino
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To: Kaslin

I read that most wealthy people voted for Obama. I would not care if they are taxed into a tent. After using the camp stove for a time, they might want to reconsider the glory of socialism.


35 posted on 11/09/2012 6:37:35 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

Wealthy people love socialism...it keeps out their competition, and keeps them in the elite. Only the little people are subject to socialism.


36 posted on 11/09/2012 6:39:18 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Bronzy

Press will still blame Bush and make us accept high gas prices, unemployment etc. it is amazing what people can get used to.


37 posted on 11/09/2012 6:41:11 PM PST by NotchJohnson
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To: dfwgator

They won’t love it if we make sure they pay for it and lock their paws out of the US Treasury for corporate welfare. Monopolies are against the law and we can start prosecuting them for that. Bring ‘em down with us.


38 posted on 11/09/2012 6:42:02 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Kaslin

raise em, you won’t get another dime from me

my operation is shutdown and won’t open up again unless it’s overseas

have fun moochers ... I hope you all rot


39 posted on 11/09/2012 6:42:03 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Kaslin

I’m against raising taxes. They raise them and then spend it.


40 posted on 11/09/2012 6:44:22 PM PST by linn37 (Newt supporter here.)
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