{"id":6395,"date":"2009-06-04T07:14:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T07:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/06\/obama-willing-to-consider-taxi.html"},"modified":"2009-06-04T07:14:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T07:14:20","slug":"obama-willing-to-consider-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/06\/obama-willing-to-consider-taxi.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama willing to consider taxing health care benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course we all remember when he criticized McCain from taxing health care benefits, right? And we also remember he promised he wouldn’t tax those making under $250,000 but I guess it too much to ask of a politician that he keep his promise<\/a>s:<\/p>\n

President Obama, in a pivot from some of his harshest campaign rhetoric, told Democratic senators yesterday that he is willing to consider taxing employer-sponsored health benefits to help pay for a broad expansion of coverage.
\nSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Obama expressed a willingness to consider changing the existing tax exclusion. The decision would probably anger liberal supporters such as labor unions, but such a tax change would raise enormous sums of money as Congress and the White House are struggling to find the estimated $1.2 trillion needed to pay for health-care reform over the next decade. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think he’s more afraid of angering the Chinese, they’ve already made it clear that he’s got to cut spending. And Geithner promised Obama would cut the deficits and curtail spending<\/a> but, of course, Democrats can’t curtail spending so raising taxes is the next best thing, even if it means that your campaign promises are, “Just words.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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