Obama Unveils Plan To Cut The Deficit By $1.8 Trillion — Includes $580 Billion In Taxes!!! | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 37784019 Portugal 04/10/2013 07:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | US President Barack Obama Wednesday debuts a budget that will be declared dead on arrival by Republicans, irk liberals and stand as his final offer in the next fiscal clash to consume Washington. Obama's spending plan for 2014 is in many ways an academic exercise, given that it has no chance of being fully enacted in stalemated Washington, as Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have already passed rival budgets. But it will represent Obama's entry in the latest fast-building showdown pitching the president's plan to hike taxes on the most well off against Republican plans to slash government spending with no new revenues. "We don't view this budget as a starting point. This is an offer where the president came more than half way towards the Republicans in an attempt to get a fiscal deal," said a senior White House official. "Are Republicans going to be willing to come to us?" the official asked, ahead of the unveiling of the budget at a time hope has faded for a "grand bargain" deal on the deficit between Obama and Republicans. White House officials have already signaled that Obama's offer will include one key concession to Republicans, which has angered elements of his liberal Democratic base. He will signal he is ready to modify some cherished entitlement social programs, by adjusting cost of living adjustments that could trim benefits for some senior citizens. The White House is billing the budget as a document which proves that the need to cut voluminous deficits does not need to be achieved by savage cuts in government spending and social programs envisaged by Republicans. Officials say the plan includes $1.8 trillion of deficit reduction over 10 years and would raise $580 billion dollars in new revenue by curbing income tax breaks for the rich, without raising rates. Republicans however dispute the deficit reduction figures, arguing that since the budget would dispense with $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester which began in March, its real deficit reduction figure would only be $600 billion in savings. "We hear it contains tax hike upon tax hike upon tax hike -- and, in fact, all of the deficit reduction ... would be derived from myriad tax increases rather than spending reductions," said Senate Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday. "It sounds like the White House just tossed last year's budget in the microwave." Among measures that have already been opposed by Republicans, the Obama budget would implement the "Buffett Rule" which would mandate that households on more than $1 million dollars a year pay at least 30 percent of income in taxes. The $3.77 trillion budget blueprint, to be officially unveiled by Obama at 1515 GMT, in the White House Rose Garden, will forsee a deficit of $744 billion, or 4.4 percent of GDP in 2014. Officials projected that the shortfall would reach 2.8 percent of GDP by 2016 and 1.7 percent by 2023. The White House says that the plan represents more than two dollars in spending cuts for every one dollar of new revenue accrued from closing tax loopholes. It also includes $400 billion in health savings that administration officials say could be found through cracking down on fraud. Copyright (2013) AFP. All rights reserved. Read more: [link to www.businessinsider.com] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 37784019 Portugal 04/10/2013 07:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Business Insider‏@businessinsider1 min How Obama Plans To Raise $580 Billion In New Taxes By Ending Loopholes And Raising Taxes On The Rich [link to read.bi] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 36731073 United States 04/10/2013 07:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wait so 1.2 trillion in spending cuts and 580 billion in revenue through cutting loopholes? This is what republicans wanted. He bends over for them again and they bitch and moan. Shit like this is why our political system is so fucked up. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 37784023 United States 04/10/2013 07:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wait so 1.2 trillion in spending cuts and 580 billion in revenue through cutting loopholes? This is what republicans wanted. He bends over for them again and they bitch and moan. Shit like this is why our political system is so fucked up. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 36731073 Exactly. This goes further than the non-partisan Simpson-Bowles budget commission suggested. But of course the current Republican ideologues, complete and utter tools of the rich, can't stand to have any semblance of tax increases, when the country is drowning in debt. Republicans, hand up your keys on ever hoping to regain the White House again when you renig on deals like this. |
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Smashy76 User ID: 28768606 Canada 04/10/2013 07:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | <iframe width="560" height="315" src=" [link to www.youtube.com] frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> You can't fix stupid. This Obama plan isn't good news to the middle and lower incomes homes. If it was, instead of spending millions and millions and billions on drones, ammo for Homeland Security, taking away your 2nd Amendment and so on, he'd be funneling money into creating jobs, stopping the outsourcing of American jobs, figuring out how to get the 109 million people off food stamps and welfare. Such a vicious cycle has been created. Cheap goods needed because no one can afford anything "Made in North America". I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally. I'd rather be judged by 12, then carried by 6. |
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Lady Jane Smith Forum Administrator User ID: 1236529 United States 04/10/2013 07:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | CONgress makes the budget not the president. Who cares what he says anymore, the big bag of useless wind that he is. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33825975 The executive Branch (President) presents the budget. Congress debates/committees/approves/disapproves the budget. Checks & Balances -- or at least that is how it is supposed to work. Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" the warrior whispers back "I am the storm" INTJ-A |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7043823 United States 04/10/2013 07:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He has to make certain his vacations & golf outings are fully funded; after all, attending concerts is stressful business. Quoting: Lady Jane Smith **sarcasm** That was quick. Beat me to the punch. How much longer will sit idley by? I wonder how much it cost the White House to bring jt in last night? Average American, citizen of the world trying to pay my bills as austerity suffocates. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7043823 United States 04/10/2013 07:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | <iframe width="560" height="315" src=" [link to www.youtube.com] frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quoting: Smashy76 You can't fix stupid. This Obama plan isn't good news to the middle and lower incomes homes. If it was, instead of spending millions and millions and billions on drones, ammo for Homeland Security, taking away your 2nd Amendment and so on, he'd be funneling money into creating jobs, stopping the outsourcing of American jobs, figuring out how to get the 109 million people off food stamps and welfare. Such a vicious cycle has been created. Cheap goods needed because no one can afford anything "Made in North America". I've heard it's more lucrative to issue food stamps. Wtf |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28232375 United States 04/10/2013 08:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Could we please go back to the days when he didn't bother trying....he needs another vacation. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28232375 United States 04/10/2013 08:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Congress hate the man so much because is black, they dont care about the people, they have health insurance pay by us and a good salary..oh they are cover too ..the rich i say Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28630651 There are plenty of other reasons to hate him besides his half-black DNA. His race is not the problem. The fact that he is an arrogant lying Marxist trying to ruin this country is enough reason without ever once noticing his blackness. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32069520 United States 04/10/2013 08:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wait so 1.2 trillion in spending cuts and 580 billion in revenue through cutting loopholes? This is what republicans wanted. He bends over for them again and they bitch and moan. Shit like this is why our political system is so fucked up. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 36731073 Exactly. This goes further than the non-partisan Simpson-Bowles budget commission suggested. But of course the current Republican ideologues, complete and utter tools of the rich, can't stand to have any semblance of tax increases, when the country is drowning in debt. Republicans, hand up your keys on ever hoping to regain the White House again when you renig on deals like this. Typical clueless libtard. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28232375 United States 04/10/2013 08:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wait so 1.2 trillion in spending cuts and 580 billion in revenue through cutting loopholes? This is what republicans wanted. He bends over for them again and they bitch and moan. Shit like this is why our political system is so fucked up. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 36731073 Exactly. This goes further than the non-partisan Simpson-Bowles budget commission suggested. But of course the current Republican ideologues, complete and utter tools of the rich, can't stand to have any semblance of tax increases, when the country is drowning in debt. Republicans, hand up your keys on ever hoping to regain the White House again when you renig on deals like this. Jeez, it only came out two hours ago, how have the Repubs renigged on it? They've barely had time to read it.... |
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