[pnh102]

Obama is going to have to be pretty crafty to push through tax increases- which are never popular.

We both live in blue states, raising taxes seems to be quite popular here as politicians who vote to do it are never voted out.

[I_Like_Spam]

We both live in blue states, raising taxes seems to be quite popular here as politicians who vote to do it are never voted out.
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Yes, I see your point. But the politicians in Pennsylvania have always promised “property tax relief” or some other carrot in their proposals for “temporary” tax increases.

Also, Obama ran on a tax-cut platform promising tax cuts for the “bottom 95%”. That was his main plank, if anyone showed any doubts about it- it was deemed a “smear” against Obama.

Switching from tax cuts to tax increases requires very skillful politicking.