pajamasmedia.com - 6/29/2009
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HMM: AXELROD: OBAMA WON’T RULE OUT MIDDLE-CLASS TAX HIKE. That’s funny. I thought he already had. Guess that one’s hit its expiration date . . . .
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An interpretive question for Obama voters
TigerHawk —
... : White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike. Apparently I'm not the only one who is confused. 0 Comments: ...
Monday morning links
Maggie's Farm —
The Gernam concentration camp brothels
More on the EPA quashing their own climate skeptical report
White House: "not ruling out" middle class tax hike"
From Mankiw in the NYT, who says the gummint could make it's own public option insurance today:
An important question about any public provider of health insurance is whether it would have access to taxpayer funds. If not, the public plan would have to stand on its own financially, as private plans do, ...
The Promise Breaker
GayPatriot —
As Jim Geraghty has pointed out on numerous occasions, all Barack Obama promises comes with expiration dates. We in the gay community have seen how quick he is to break (though the obsequious Joe Solmonese might say “slow to fulfill”) his campaign promise to repeal Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell (DADT), the ban on gays serving openly in the military and the Defense of Marriage Act.
Now, one of his closest advisers won’t rule out a middle class tax hike. Obama’s even willing to consider taxing employer-based health ...
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