Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Another Obama Broken Promise

WASHINGTON (AP) - One of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges on taxes went up in puffs of smoke Wednesday.
The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama's promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000.

This is one tax that disproportionately affects the poor, who are more likely to smoke than the rich.
To be sure, Obama's tax promises in last year's campaign were most often made in the context of income taxes. Not always.

"I can make a firm pledge," he said in Dover, N.H., on Sept. 12. "Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

Almost all politicians make promises that they end up going back on once they are in office. There is nobody that is more full of shit than Obama, though. Make no mistake your taxes will be higher across the board 4 years from now, no matter how much you make.

1 comment:

  1. Obama didn't lie. That is, not until he opened his mouth. It's been downhill since.

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