Posted on 02/09/2011 4:51:36 AM PST by BillKneer
In a moment of pure comedy gold, Barack Obama makes the hilarious statement that he has never raised taxes.
Even his friends at Politifact were dumbfounded by Obama’s tall tale. They called him on it and published the following.
The idea that Obama did not raise taxes is just plain wrong. He signed legislation raising taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products soon after taking office; that money goes to pay for children’s health insurance programs. The law went into effect in 2009. He also signed the health care law, which includes taxes on indoor tanning that went into effect last year. (Regular PolitiFact readers will remember our fact-check of reality TV star Snooki and her complaint about the new tax last year.)
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He’s not lying. He hasn’t raised taxes once...
...more like 5 or 6 times.
He needs to take this act on the road...
Permanently...
crazy or evil, pick one
He knows damn well that a huge percentage of the voting population WILL NOT look up what laws he's signed; they'll just take his word for it and blame the republicans for lying and trying to make Obama feel bad and thats mean!
True, quite true. He hasn't raised taxes once, he's raised them many numerous times more that only once.
All together now,
YOU LIE!!!
I'd like to suggest, strongly - both.
... Now, I am waiting for zero’s definitions of “is”.
FET on pack of (20) cigarettes = $1.01 per pack - old rate was $0.39
FET on pipe tobacco = $2.83 per pound - old rate was $0.0686 per oz. ($1.0969 per pound)
FET on Roll Your Own tobacco = $24.78 per pound - old rate was $0.0686 per oz. ($1.0969 per pound) - a 2,159% increase
Obama: “I Haven’t Raised Taxes Once”
Liar, liar, pants on fire!!
Why limit our opritions?
;-)
Okay then, if someone doesn’t buy health insurance, will they pay a “penalty” or a “tax”?
He didn’t lie. Technically he was correct. He didn’t raise taxes once - he raised them 40 times.
In his mind, no tax is a tax. In his mind, a tax is an “investment”.
Groucho Marx quote
Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them... well, I have others.”
I think Groucho must have had Zero in mind.
Wonder why the “bloviator” didn’t challenge the messiah on that whopper. Probably, because the “all knowing” O’Reilly didn’t know the facts.
Michelle said he quit smoking about a year ago. Love to know if that one is true too. I just doubt anything any of these people say, they are all to prone to lie when it suits them.
Actually, if you consider inflation, which is nothing more than a special tax on saving saving and investment, then I am a prize winning Wee Wee.
In fact, by the time my Obamanomics Obortion has run its course, I will have hiked taxes by more than all other presidents in history ... combined.
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