Posted on 04/16/2009 1:11:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
"I decided not to bring Bo today," President Obama said this morning as he prepared to speak about taxes.
And why was he not bringing the family's new six-month-old Portuguese Water Dog?
"Because he stepped on my economic speech yesterday," the president joked.
With that, the president talked about tax day, making the argument that April 15th will be less painful for most Americans because of his actions.
"I know that April 15th isn't exactly everyone's favorite date on the calendar," he said as he stood in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, flanked by nine American taxpayers. "But it is an important opportunity for those of us in Washington to consider our responsibilities to the people who sent us here and who pay the bills. And I've brought some friends of mine who sent me here and pay the bills."
With approximately 250 protestors rallying against big government and taxes across the street at LaFayette Park, the president ran through six points he wanted to underline on tax day.
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Another reporter asked Gibbs if the "tea parties reflect a genuine grass-roots sentiment out there in the country of frustration with the president's tax policies, or is it something contrived?"
Gibbs suggested that the reporter "speak to the organizers, I guess, on ... whether they're contrived ... If you're one of the 95 percent of working families in this country I think it's that earns less than $200,000 a year, you've seen a tax cut. That's not contrived. Those are facts. ... I'll let the organizers of whatever these are speak to their motivations. I think they can be reasonably assured, though, maybe they fall outside the window of making a quarter of a million dollars a year."
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You have to wonder where Gibbs thinks tens of thousand of Americans that showed up last night came from.
Yeah that extra 13 bucks went a long way to ease the pain of the extra 1700 bucks I had to pay the state.
Well, at least he recognized it for what it is - potty training paper.
LOL
nice one!
Does Gibbs get paid for what he is doing? Does he pay taxes? I thought he was in one of 0’s volunteer programs for the mentally challenged.
Hussein and Gibbs can shove it up their yin yangs. We all pay higher costs—hidden taxes, if you will—when the employers and businesses of America have to meet government-mandated burdens.
Those people who choose to smoke are paying higher taxes because of Hussein’s tobacco tax.
These people are freaking liars.
Oh, but it is good to know the press—those vigilante watchdogs—are challenging their assertions at every moment. Not.
I joined 3,500 fellow patriots at a tea party here in SD yesterday, and for me,it’s not about taxes, really, not yet anyway. It’s about spending us into oblivion. The new bills aren’t yet arriving due, but they will. The obamanation and his minions can spout all they want about tax bills this year, but the big bill is still on the way, and it will destroy this country, utterly.
Gibbs IS a tweak.
Gibbs almost makes that little twerp McClellan look likeable.
The hyper-inflation that is bound to follow this unprecedented spending won't be contrived either.
It’s obvious to me; Obama doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about.
He looks like a guy who is way in over his head and is just making stuff up. I’ve seen this same schtick played out in conferences and marketing meetings. No wonder he is so thin skinned when challenged with pointed inquiries. No wonder he doesn’t invite follow-ups!
He can’t even pedal fast enough to stay ahead in his prepared statements. It’s actually kind of sad to watch. I think he’s going to end up giving himself an ulcer by year’s end.
Promising to drop a few cents in our hand this year while planning to take a huge chunk out of our paycheck in twelve months isn’t fooling anyone, A$$hole.
Doggie just telling the truth about his "tax" speech yesterday....
“The dog ate my teleprompter.” - Pres_ent 0bowdown
We are a small but very precise bunch.
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