If Obama isn't "raising taxes one dime" on those earning $250k or less, why is he proposing all these taxes?
In his new healthcare proposal? http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/02/23/john-kartch-health-care-obama-taxes-family/ No New Taxes, Mr. Obama? By...
In his new healthcare proposal?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/02/23/john-kartch-health-care-obama-taxes-family/
No New Taxes, Mr. Obama?
By John Kartch
– FOXNews.com
On Monday, the White House unveiled a health care plan with a net tax hike of at least 0 billion over the next ten years. What happened to the promise that no family making less than 0,000 will see their taxes increase?
One year ago, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress and restated his central campaign promise: “If your family earns less than 0,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.”
But on Monday, the White House unveiled a health care plan with a net tax hike of at least 0 billion over the next ten years. Not only does the plan increase taxes more than the House and Senate bills already roundly rejected by the public, several of the tax hikes in the plan violate Obama’s tax pledge. Let’s look at a few examples:
Individual mandate excise tax: The White House gets creative with its terminology here, preferring to call this tax a “payment” or an “assessment.” This provision would require all Americans to purchase health insurance – as a condition of lawful existence – or pay an excise tax.
This tax was also a pillar of the House and Senate health bills, both endorsed by the White House. In a famous exchange with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos last September, Obama refused to admit that the tax was actually a tax, forcing Stephanopoulos to read aloud the dictionary definition of the word “tax” to the President.
Employer mandate tax: If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax for all full-time employees. This would apply to all employers with 50 or more employees. Small business owners pay their taxes on their owners’ 1040 forms, and there is no exemption for employers making less than 0,000.
Special needs kids tax: This provision caps pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) contributions at ,500 per year – currently, these accounts are unlimited. There are 30 million American families using FSAs for everything from deductibles to eyeglasses, but hardest hit would be families with special needs children. These families often rely on their FSA for special needs education, which can cost thousands of dollars per year.
“Haircut” for medical itemized deductions: Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction if the total cost of the expenses reduces the filer’s income by 7.5 percent. The new White House provision would raise that threshold to 10 percent.
Excise tax on indoor tanning services: Leaving no stone unturned in its hunt for revenue, the White House adopted the Senate’s “tanning bed tax”. Those using indoor tanning services will be hit with a 10 percent excise tax.
None of the provisions above include exemptions for families making less than 0,000.
Take a look at the plan yourself at the White House Web site, then click over to Obama’s Change.gov site. Under the “Taxes” category, it still reads as follows: “no family making less than 0,000 will see their taxes increase.”
Somebody has some explaining to do.
John Kartch is director of communications for Americans for Tax Reform and a Fox Forum contributor.
He lies.
As far as I’m concerned, his (hypocritical) hike in cigarette taxes were the first new tax on the poor.
because O is a pathological lier and a sociopath.
Obama is a compulsive arrogant corrupted LIAR is why! Nothing he says can be trusted! NOTHING!
Listen very carefully…..
HE LIED AGAIN !!!!
Get it?
Way to long to bother with this on a site like this
I find this to be the most disturbing of all……."Special needs kids tax: This provision caps pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) contributions at $2,500 per year – currently, these accounts are unlimited. There are 30 million American families using FSAs for everything from deductibles to eyeglasses, but hardest hit would be families with special needs children. These families often rely on their FSA for special needs education, which can cost thousands of dollars per year."
Absolutely unbelievable!!!
Darn you conservatives and your facts. Racist! It was Bush’s fault!
as anyone knows now you can not believe anything that comes out of Obama’s mouth so no surprise that the facts are other than he states
This is a distorted article.
For example, families making $250k and under usually don’t have a collection of indoor tanning bads.
Obama is a lying disgrace…
because he is an elitist, pathological liar, marxist ,bigot, narcissist etc..etc…
the funny thing, none of the liberals will care because its obama doing it. but if a republican raises there taxes 1 cent there all in front of the white house within the hour. thats change that you can belive in
thats change obama can take to the bank
First of all those aren’t taxes for the most part, they are penalties for not complying with the law. The tax on tanning beds is completely optional and makes sense to me. Those who use tanning beds damage their skin and give themselves a remarkably higher risk of skin cancer.
Your propaganda from Fox News really isn’t going to convince anyone.
What has he said so far that wasn’t a lie?
Why would you have picked that particular thing to believe that he was going to be truthful about?
He’s a hypocrite. Promises the world and makes all these unrealistic goals then fails to deliver or blantently dismisses the idea completly.. Classic politician. Sad really. this isn’t what we elect people for.
Because his masters demand this be done.
blah, blah, blah, ( republican propaganda )
wow, you guys are really scrapin’ the bottom of the barrel these days, huh?! why don’t you go with your friends and use your energy for things you’re good at. like ranting about how much of a traitor Sen. Scott Brown is, and let the intelligent people discuss the real issues.