Americans for Tax Reform has been documenting Obama’s string of broken tax promises. Obama first shattered his $250K promise only 16 days into the presidency when he enacted a 61 cent tax increase on cigarette packs, disproportionately hurting low-income Americans. Next, Obama aggressively supported the cap-and-trade tax that, if the bill passes the Senate, will increase energy costs for an average American family by $1,500. Now, in a recent interview with Obama’s Senior Adviser David Axelrod, the administration is waffling about how taxes will be raised for health care reform. When asked if tax increases on families making less than $250,000 might pay for health care, Sen. Schumer, D-N.Y. said, “There are lots of things on the table now.”

 

The appeals of the mainstream media to break Obama’s tax promise for the good of America are an attempt to butter up the American people to embrace the costs of health care reform. The media’s job isn’t to sweep up shattered promises. It’s to point out the cost of the broken glass. 

Obama? Breaking promises? Never...
>> Mike Thursday, July 9, 2009 3:34 PM