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Not Bashful
About Raising Taxes
According to OntheIssues.org
the following exchange occurred at the
Democratic Presidential Debate in Los Angeles
California:
Question: If either one of you
become president, and let the Bush
tax cuts
lapse, there will be
effectively tax increases on
millions of Americans.
OBAMA: On wealthy Americans.
CLINTON: That's right.
OBAMA: I'm not bashful about it.
-2008
Democratic debate in Los Angeles,
California; Jan 30, 2008
The Bush Tax
Cuts
"And the Bush tax
cuts--people didn't need them, and they weren't
even asking for them, and that's why they need
to be less, so that we can pay for universal
health care and other initiatives."
-Obama: 2007 Democratic Presidential
Debate; Howard University, June 28, 2007
Who Needs Tax
Cuts?
"We heard the
President say he wants to make tax cuts for the
wealthiest Americans permanent, when we know
that at a time of war and economic hardship, the
last thing we need is a permanent tax cut for
Americans who don't need them and weren't even
asking for them."
-Obama's
response to the 2008 State of the Union
address; Jan 28, 2008
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OBAMA
ON TAXES