Question: On what date did Obama say he was going to raise taxes for the rich during the election?

The right wing and some on the left are acting as if Obama is walking back on raising taxes on the rich but I never heard Obama give a date for the increase.

I never heard Obama say he was going to raise taxes on the rich right out of the box on the first day either.

Anyone hear Obama state a date during the primaries or GE?

Thx in advance

and let them return to what they were in Clinton's era

...walking back on raising the taxes as if he said he was going to raise them on day 1.

Thom didn't correct her and he's usually pretty informed and prepared so...

Thx

Lots of time to think on it.

Obama can't implement his tax plan by fiat. It has to be approved by Congress. It's up to Obama to decide when to push it. Likewise, Congress can always raise the issue themselves.

I remember it being an "issue" during the primaries.

...one like the MsM and Reich wingers are saying.

The US MsM is so freakin lazy...they are very keen at group think

breaking his "promise" to accept federal campaign funds.

Of course you and I know he never made that "promise"... but since when does truth matter? :shrug:

He is smart enough to realize that plans change with the circumstances and is open to change his mind if he is wrong.

Obama isn't about pushing an ideological agenda, but about smart efficient government.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/07/obama-recession-could-del_n_124647.html

The fact that so many remember differently up thread is interesting from a sociological viewpoint. I wonder why so many have the same mis-remembrance?

Obama repeatedly campaigned on it. It was in the debates. McCain was calling it 'wealth redistribution.'

edited to add- He has been signaling that maybe he won't do this soon as a result of the deepening recession. Ain't no big thing, IMHO.

He's probably said both things.

Because personally I don't

Look, I think there may be a good argument to keep the cuts (with the exception of the inheritance tax cut) and if it's good policy for the country I'd expect him to switch his policy, but that's not the point.

The point is that if you want to lie to your self or make excuses or go back and scrub what he said so you feel better about the discrepancy, fine. Just tell yourself that Obama is infallible, will never be inconsistent about anything, can see the future, and is perfect and anyone who doesn't agree with you is an enemy of you and your god.

But don't try to sell me that crap 'cause I know better.

Yes, It's a policy change. So? The question is, is it good policy? (Not is it a change, because of course it is)

But my suspicion is that since it's only one year's difference the policy is about the same in the long run. What I do know is that letting the tax cuts is a much better political option. That way no Democrat in Congress will have to go on the record as voting to increase taxes.

I don't recall any instance where Obama specifically said that he would repeal the tax cuts in 2009. Repealing them anytime after 2009 is the same as letting them expire because they expire in 2010. Seems to me that he was intentionally vague about this in order to leave himself as many options as possible.

that Bush implemented but he never gave a date. He said outright that he'd cut taxes on 95% of working families and "roll back" the tax cuts for those making $250,000 and over. But now instead of rolling them back (by repealing Bush's tax cuts on the rich) he started saying he may NOT roll them back but just let them expire when they were going to anyway (in order to deal with the worsening economy).

Just like Bill Clinton's. You remember, the one that brought us the Clinton Super Bull Market, record LOW unemployment, a balanced budget and the one ALL Republicans voted against.

Wake up Democrats. This is the one and only war! Paul Krugman, in 2001 explained this fact. It's how we spend the money and who pays for it. There is nothing else. If you don't raise taxes on the evil rich, then ALL Democrats might as well go home and save us the money and anguish. Nothing else matters.

action I will forever vote libertardian! I'm seriesly full of :sarcasm:

In all Seriesness!! he said he wasn't sure if he would do it through repeal or just let them expire. That's all he's said as far as I've seen.

expire. I haven't heard anyone Democrat or Republican ever suggest raising taxes in the middle of a recession that would be crazy.

Some people here think it is a major betrayal that raising taxes isn't the first thing he gets done.

I think it would be stupid to do so in a recession.