Axelrod: Obama Won't Rule Out Middle-Class Tax Hike

abc news ^ | 6/29/2009 | George Stephanopoulos

[tobyhill]

White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike.

"The president had said in the past that he doesn't believe taxing health care benefits at any level is necessarily the best way to go here. He still believes that," Axelrod told me on This Week, "But there are a number of formulations and we'll wait and see. The important thing at this point is to keep the process moving, to keep people at the table, to the keep the discussions going. We've gotten a long way down the road and we want to finish that journey."

I pressed Axelrod on whether Obama will draw a line in the sand and veto any bill that funds health care reform with tax hikes for people making under $250,000 a year -- despite a pledge Barack Obama made during the 2008 presidential campaign not to raise taxes on the poor and middle-class.

[SolidWood]

Obama will give 90% of Americans tax cuts! The MSM told me so!

[Venturer]

Anyon who believes an Obama pledge, would buy this bridge I have for sale in the middle of the Mojave.

[jessduntno]

"White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike."

Ve vill tax you...und you vill pay....

[SandRat]

[rawhide]

I pressed Axelrod on whether Obama will draw a line in the sand and veto any bill that funds health care reform with tax hikes for people making under $250,000 a year -- despite a pledge Barack Obama made during the 2008 presidential campaign not to raise taxes on the poor and middle-class.

$250,000 is not middle class. Why did he ask such a stupid question?

[Sacajaweau]

All Obama has to do is scre* the states out of “just due”...and our STATE taxes will rise and rise and rise. New Federal taxes are imply double dipping!!!

[Huskrrrr]

It was always a part of this Socialist’s master plan: destruction of the middle class. The Mark of Zero.

Wasn’t that “Calculate you tax cut” Calculator (advertised by Zero on Drudge before the election) kind of cute, though?

[SolidWood]

Adolfrod.

[rawhide]

I read the unions will be exempt from paying taxes on their health care palns, and I later read that federal employees will be exempt also. What next, registered democrats to be exempt? Soon all there will be left to tax is republicans.

[taxtruth]

O has to go.

[ABQHispConservative]

To quote Sarah: “...told you so...” I wonder how many rinos will go along with this plan. Que the ‘conservative’ useful idiots defending 0 on this.

[Republic]

Is it time to hit the streets, yet?

[dforest]

So when are these people going to be arrested?

[NoGrayZone]

I am so sick of barry. Aren’t we rid of IT yet?

[DuncanWaring]

White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike.

Interpreting the 0bama-speak: "Middle-class tax hikes are guaranteed".

[cranked]

He probably asked such because of how Barry and Axelrod, among others, continually claimed: "...here’s what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut. And if you make less than $250,000, less than a quarter-million dollars a year, then you will not see one dime’s worth of tax increase."

[Vaquero]

BOHICA.

[CWW]

YOU'RE IDIOTS ...

You knew it would come to thies. But you had your heads up your a$$es simply because he was a smooth talker. You get what you deserve!!

[personalaccts]

between state and federal taxes those at $250,000 can only pay so much. I cut my hours.