Posted on 03/18/2009 8:52:55 PM PDT by Lorianne
President Obama told Californians during a campaign-style town hall meeting on Wednesday that rich people can afford to pay higher taxes in selling his budget plan as an investment in the nation's future.
Mr. Obama pushed back on people who say he is overtaxing the nation, saying his tax increases on families earning $250,000 or more a year are reverting to the tax system under former President Bill Clinton. The president added he will pay higher taxes himself as a result.
"These folks can afford it. They were rich back in the '90s," he said. "It's not like suddenly they're going to have to go to the poorhouse. But what that does is it allows us to pay for health care reform for a lot of people."
Going after a line of attack Republicans have used against him, Mr. Obama insisted, "I don't think that's unreasonable. I don't think that's socialism.
"If the middle class is working well, if working people are doing well, then everybody does well," he said. "That's the philosophy that we are pursuing in this budget; that's why I need your support."
On Thursday, Mr. Obama is scheduled to join Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - a Republican who supported the stimulus plan - for a second town hall meeting after a tour of an electric-vehicle plant in Pomona.
The president highlighted California's high unemployment and foreclosure rates but noted, thanks to the stimulus plan, a new hospital will be built at Camp Pendleton.
Mr. Obama portrayed himself as someone who understands hard work, sympathizing with an ex-convict who was laid off from his Toyota job and telling the crowd he knows they don't have the luxury of ignoring their own economic problems.
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Obama was sent to us to take that wasteful income from us and give it to the much more deserving, who do not work, do not buy food, do not pay a mortgage, buy gasoline, pay for electricity, or other luxuries.
We are selfish bastards and h needs to teach us responsibility.
Ok, scumbags, anti-Americans, Unpatriotic, crooks, thiefs, rapists, liars, terrorists, appeasers, 2yr olds.... There are many terms to describe democrats, most would get me banned from FR, considering everything seems to insult them, I say let the names roll!!
When I saw this:
“I go onto Democratic Underground”
I knew something smelled. I have never seen it spelled out here lately, just the DU, DUmp, DUmmies, etc.
“I go onto Democratic Underground on a very regular basis”
I hope you shower and Phisohex after each visit.
I wish I still had time to guard the gate.. Trolls need paving. I miss the old days..
It’s not so bad. They are wrongheaded, of course, but there are a few people that aren’t as hardcore leftist and are correct.
Mostly I’ve been fighting about taxes. And the AIG bailout.
If you go on there look for posts from Christx30
My God! Talk about a tin ear!
Did you read the comments at the link? This man is hopelessly clueless.
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