70% Of Americans Think Taxes Will Go Up By End Of Obama's Term

Onceler said:
Here is a comprehensive look at what he promised:

http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/taxes/Factsheet_Tax_Plan_FINAL.pdf

He would only repeal those parts of the Bush cuts that apply to the $250K + bracket.

There are plenty of other statements out there; his pledge is definitely to the $250K & less group, not to raise their taxes at all, either proactively or by letting the Bush cuts lapse.
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Except he's not going to "repeal" anything. The Democrats will just let the tax cuts expire. Just like they'll let sick folks expire under Obamacare.

"Wither on the vine" so to speak.

*shrug*
 
webbway said:
Most Americans expect higher taxes

Nearly 70% of all Americans surveyed by Gallup say they expect higher taxes by the end of Obama's term. That could explain the difficulty selling a healthcare overhaul.


By Mark Silva

August 21, 2009

Reporting from Washington — Despite President Obama's promise that only taxpayers earning more than $250,000 a year will pay higher taxes to support the healthcare initiative that he is proposing, the vast majority of Americans surveyed believe that they will pay higher income taxes by the final year of Obama's term in 2012.

The apparently pervasive fear of higher taxes – with 68 percent of all Americans surveyed by the Gallup Poll saying they expect higher taxes by the end of Obama's term – could help explain widespread uncertainty about the president's plans for overhauling the delivery of health care and insurance.

More than one-third of all surveyed say they expect their taxes to be "a lot higher'' despite the president's assertion that 95 percent of all Americans are getting tax relief under his economic stimulus program and health-care plans for the future.

"Most Americans remain skeptical that the administration can pay for healthcare reform and its other programs without raising their taxes,'' Gallup's Jeffrey Jones reports today.

"The rise in expectations that taxes will go up probably is a reflection on Obama's ambitious domestic agenda,'' Jones reports.

The Gallup Poll's daily tracking of public approval for the job that Obama is performing also has recorded its lowest levels of support this week, with 51 percent voicing approval. Other polls this week, including the Pew Research Center's survey and a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, have recorded similar numbers.

Even though the Obama administration has advanced no plans to raise taxes "on any but the wealthiest Americans,'' Jones notes, the newest Gallup Poll shows that "even a majority of Americans in the lowest income group -- whose annual household incomes are less than $30,000 -- believe their taxes will go up.

Among those with an annual household income of $75,000 or more, 80 percent have told Gallup's pollsters that they believe they will pay higher income taxes by the end of Obama's term.

"But even Obama's political base has doubts about his being able to hold the line on income taxes,'' Jones reports, noting that 48 percent of Democrats expect their taxes to rise during his term.



http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-naw-obama-taxes22-2009aug22,0,2276570.story

To pay for Obamacare, most people have already figured out that the money has to come from somewhere, no matter what the man behind the curtain says.
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Hey, you have to pay to play! We have been running up our national credit cards!

It is not only to pay for Obamacare, but to pay for the other things we have borrowed for, what is that trite, but good old saying, when you dance to the music, you gotta pay the piper, ask your momma!
 
we already know he broke his promise not to raise taxes on people making less that 250,000 so that shoots that promise out the window, doesn't it.
 
Onceler said:
I don't think he'll raise them.

If he does, he broke his promise, and he & the Dems would deserve the consequences, which I am certain would be very negative.

However, it is strange how much criticism he has already received for raising taxes, when most people have actually seen a cut. Usually, someone has to actually do something to take the blame for it.
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Ron Paul is going to be elected President, you just wait and see!:cof1:

I am practicing being a libertarian, now!
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Americans are just completely and utterly irrational on this issue. We demand the most and highest quality of standard for government services in the world and refuse to pay for them. We expect our government do accomplish some of the most difficult tasks there are on moon beams and libertarian fairy dust but are unwilling to give up on any services that directly affect us while at the same time are unwilling to pay for those services they are unwilling to give up. It's just plain insane.
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Absolutely correct.
 
Southern Man said:
Except he's not going to "repeal" anything. The Democrats will just let the tax cuts expire. Just like they'll let sick folks expire under Obamacare.

"Wither on the vine" so to speak.

*shrug*
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Wow - you guys really need to be spoon-fed, don't you?

He SPECIFICALLY said he will only let the Bush cuts lapse for those in the $250K + bracket.

If he breaks that promise, have at him.....
 
Onceler said:
Here is a comprehensive look at what he promised:

http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/taxes/Factsheet_Tax_Plan_FINAL.pdf

He would only repeal those parts of the Bush cuts that apply to the $250K + bracket.

There are plenty of other statements out there; his pledge is definitely to the $250K & less group, not to raise their taxes at all, either proactively or by letting the Bush cuts lapse.
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I don't mind paying more, but I am one of those strange ducks that wants my children and grandchildren to have a good future!
 
Onceler said:
Wow - you guys really need to be spoon-fed, don't you?

He SPECIFICALLY said he will only let the Bush cuts lapse for those in the $250K + bracket.

If he breaks that promise, have at him.....
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To do so would require the Democrats to pass a bill cutting taxes, a historical first to my recollection.
 
Southern Man said:
Except he's not going to "repeal" anything. The Democrats will just let the tax cuts expire. Just like they'll let sick folks expire under Obamacare.

"Wither on the vine" so to speak.

*shrug*
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Willfully ignorant, I don't want to see you go in this category, I thought you were different, sniff, sniff!
 
Onceler said:
It's not a "claim." It's in the bill.

My goodness; nothing like trumpeting your ignorance. I even provided a link!
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From your link:
In 2010, the credit would be about $7.70 a week, if it is spread over the entire year. People who do not earn enough money to owe income taxes are eligible for the credit....
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That's not a tax cut, but a credit. :pke:
 
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