Tax Hikes on Rich Would Finance Jobs
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 5:47 am
By: Erica Werner, Associated Press
President Barack Obama holds up his proposed American Jobs Act legislation while making a statement at the White House. (AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? In a sharp challenge to the GOP, President Barack Obama proposed paying for his costly new jobs plan Monday with tax hikes that Republicans have already emphatically rejected. The reception to his new proposal was no more welcoming, setting the stage for a likely new fight with Congress.
Flanked at the White House by workers he said the legislation would help, Obama declared, "This is the bill that Congress needs to pass. No games. No politics. No delays." He sent it to Capitol Hill saying, "The only thing that's stopping it is politics."
The president's proposal drew criticism from House Speaker John Boehner, who'd previously responded in cautious but somewhat receptive tones to the $447 billion jobs plan made up of tax cuts and new spending that Obama first proposed in an address to Congress last Thursday.
"It would be fair to say this tax increase on job creators is the kind of proposal both parties have opposed in the past. We remain eager to work together on ways to support job growth, but this proposal doesn't appear to have been offered in that bipartisan spirit," Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said.
The biggest piece of the payment plan would raise about $400 billion by eliminating certain deductions, including on charitable contributions, that can be claimed by wealthy taxpayers. Obama has proposed that in the past ? to help pay for his health care overhaul, for example ? and it's been shot down by Republican lawmakers along with some Democrats.
Yet by daring Republicans anew to reject tax hikes on the rich Obama could gain a talking point as the 2012 presidential campaign moves forward, if not a legislative victory.
At a Rose Garden event Monday, Obama brandished his jobs bill and surrounded himself with police officers, firefighters, teachers, construction workers and others he said would be helped by it. Adopting a newly combative tone that's been welcomed by dispirited Democrats, Obama demanded immediate action on the legislation, which the White House sent to Capitol Hill Monday afternoon.
"Instead of just talking about America's job creators, let's actually do something for America's job creators," he said.
Late in the day, he told a group of Spanish-language reporters that if Congress agreed to just a portion of the bill he would accept it while still fighting for more.
"I am going to put forward the entire bill and I have asked them to pass the entire bill. Obviously, if they pass parts of it, I am not going to veto those parts," Obama said. "I will sign it, but I will then say, give me the rest, and I will keep on making that argument."
In the Rose Garden, he told of reading a quotation in a newspaper article from a Republican congressional aide who questioned why Republicans should work with Obama since the result might just be to help the president politically. "That was very explicit," Obama said.
Buck, the Boehner spokesman, said the anonymous quote cited by the president didn't reflect the view of Republican leadership.
And even as Obama was accusing Republicans of playing politics, he and his Democratic allies were marshaling an aggressive political response of their own.
Obama was traveling to Boehner's home state of Ohio Tuesday to promote his jobs plan, and following that with a trip Wednesday to North Carolina, a traditionally Republican state he won in 2008.
He was getting backup from the Democratic National Committee, which announced a television ad campaign starting Monday to promote Obama's jobs plans in key swing and early-voting states and to call on voters to pressure their lawmakers for support. The ads urge viewers to "Read it. Fight for .....
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@jazflutesmith
You make some valid points. The ENTIRE tax system is set up to create winners and losers. It is also used to create and buy votes. This is the reason our Tax Code is soooo screwed up and does alot of harm to our Economic well being.
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Cindy Cruz
September 14, 2011, 10:16 am
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We really need to revamp the welfare system the rich system the middle class system , and the indigent system and the way churches make millions of dollars to the point that a pastor drives a Rolls Royce We all need to be more accountable to the economy ,especially some of there mega churches sucking in millions and paying NO taxes...because of tax exempt status...Every entity government and private should be accountable. The free ride should be over....really
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Jazflutesmith
September 13, 2011, 10:11 pm
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At least do something. The middle class is getting taxed to death to make certain people on*istance don't have to work. The average person on public*istance is living very, very well when compared to the world. In our state we even give them free 250 minute cellphones. God bless the middle class of America. We make it great for rich people and poor people , especially the ones who refuse to work
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Jazflutesmith
September 13, 2011, 10:06 pm
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At least do something. The middle class is getting taxed to death to make certain people on*istance don't have to work. The average person on public*istance is living very, very well when compared to the world. In our state we even give them free 250 minute cellphones. God bless the middle class of America. We make it great for rich people and poor people , especially the ones who refuse to work
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Jazflutesmith
September 13, 2011, 10:06 pm
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At least do something. The middle class is getting taxed to death to make certain people on*istance don't have to work. The average person on public*istance is living very, very well when compared to the world. In our state we even give them free 250 minute cellphones. God bless the middle class of America. We make it great for rich people and poor people , especially the ones who refuse to work
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Jazflutesmith
September 13, 2011, 10:06 pm
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