President Obama Now Says He's 'Agnostic' On Possible Tax Hikes For Households Below $250K a Year

New York Daily News ^ | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | Kenneth R. Bazinet

[kristinn]

President Obama says he is now "agnostic" about raising taxes on households making under $250,000 a year to help cut budget deficits, signaling a possible retreat from a campaign pledge.

In an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek on newsstands Friday, Obama said a presidential budget commission needs to look at all options for deficit reduction - including tax increases and cuts in spending on such programs as Social Security and Medicare.

"The whole point of it is to make sure that all ideas are on the table," Obama said. "So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions."

Obama repeatedly vowed during the 2008 campaign to spare households earning less than $250,000 a year from tax increases.

[pillut48]

ag⋅nos⋅tic   /ægˈnɒstɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ag-nos-tik] Show IPA –noun 1. a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. 2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study. "NOT ONE DIME", yeah, RIGHT.
How's that hopey/changey thing working for y'all who actually believed HolyO??? LOL.

[Secret Agent Man]

Wow, he really wants Republicans to win back both chambers of Congress this November. /sarc

He really can’t wait to be able to say with more sincerity “It’s the Republican’s fault!”

Old “Blame Everyone Else” Barry.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[PghBaldy]

Cig taxes went up in April 2009. He lied.

[mplsconservative]

I’m certain a percentage of 0bama voters don’t even know what agnostic means. Bluster ‘em with BS, BO. It’s all good in hopey-changey world as long as he uses big words they don’t understand.

[PghBaldy]

Note also the Reuters story about back door tax hikes that the WH complained about. I knew the reason they were upset was they didnt want the truth out just yet.

[Secret Agent Man]

Like anyone with a brain didn’t KNOW this was what was going to happen.

[gogeo]

It appears Obama is willing to do the responsible thing...and raise YOUR taxes.

[gogeo]

Hope and Change is looking more like Bait and Switch...

Excellent bumper sticker.

[Secret Agent Man]

For the whole series of Zero themed art, go here:

"Flickr Archive of Zero Themed Art"

[Rybashka]

So, it turns out that the writer who lost her job because of the now-withdrawn Reuters article about Obama’s “backdoor taxes” was right after all.

[MinuteGal]

He's going to foist any tax increase bill on his true believers in congress to pass while he remains "agnostic'......a code word for "above it all so I don't get the blame".

It remains to be seen if the true believers will lay back and enjoy the screwing in store for them.

I believe they will.

Leni

[achilles2000]

The dude has no shame.

How could you ever think that he did?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Who else is ready to become agnostic about PAYING taxes?

[laxcoach]

Agnostic ?!?!

So, Obama believes in some form of taxation, he just doesn’t know what it is exactly?

How noble and principled.

[rfp1234]

Not agnostic. He’s anencephalic.

[tina07]

[FatherFig1o155]

With the economy on the brink, Obama is now making sure that every single American goes down with him if it goes over the edge.

This guy is the worst president ever. And for someone who’s lived through the Jimmy Carter years, that’s saying a lot.

[hole_n_one]

He’s a Muslim.

Reeks of it.

[Jeff Chandler]

Don't be shy. Say it loud.

Suckers!