[Iran Press TV] After US President Barack Obama failed to deliver on his 2008 campaign promise, Vice President Joe Biden says his camp will fight to end the "morally troubling" renewed tax cuts for rich Americans in the re-election year of 2012.
"The one target for us in two years is no longer extending the upper income tax credit for millionaires and billionaires," Biden said.
The recently renewed tax cuts for high-income Americans came as a compromise deal between Obama and the Republican camp who had threatened to block the extensions for all Americans if the high-end tax cuts were not extended.
Obama had originally proposed a tax plan which would extend the Bush-era tax breaks only for the lower- and middle-class families.
Biden said he was confident that Congress will allow the high-end tax cuts to expire in 2012, stating that he and president Obama will be running in the next presidential election.
"We will be able to make the case much more clearly that spending USD 700 billion over 10 years to extend tax cuts for people whose income averages well over a million dollars does not make sense," Biden said.
President Obama had announced that he would end Bush-ear tax cuts for high-income Americans during his 2008 presidential campaign but never followed through with the promise.
During a press conference in early December however, Obama said striking a deal with the Republicans was more important than allowing the tax cuts to expire on 1 January 2011 amid a political stalemate.
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"The one target for us in two years is no longer extending the upper income tax credit for millionaires and billionaires,"
When the liberals are trying to create support from the envious ones they trot out the terms "millionaires or billionaires" yet they plan to levy increased rates on tax payers earning over $250,000 (actually it's $232,000).
Oh well it makes as much sense as saying the government is SPENDING $70 billion a year when they allow these earners to keep some of those earnings.
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So Joe, you had about 400K of reported income last year. So what's preventing you from paying your taxes at the higher rate you advocate? You got it...it's time to be patriotic Joe...time to jump in...time to be part of the deal...time to help America out of the rut. Or were you just talking about other peoples money?
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Tax cuts are "morally troubling?" Biden had better get a new set of morals. Shouldn't be too hard. Most of these folks changes their values more often than their underwear.
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After US President Barack Obama failed to deliver on his 2008 campaign promise, Vice President Joe Biden says his camp will fight to end the "morally troubling" renewed tax cuts for rich Americans in the re-election year of 2012.
