July 13th, 2012
05:10 PM ET

Obama says GOP tax stance contrary to mantra

Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN) – Once again setting up this election as a battle between "different visions" for the future of America, President Barack Obama took his campaign to Virginia on Friday and questioned Republicans' commitment to one of their central campaign themes.

Repeating his pledge to let lower tax rates for upper-income workers expire at the end of the year, the president said that his opponents' disagreement means they're not determined to reduce the nation's deficit.

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  1. jon

    Why doesnt Obama talk about how proud he is of his Jobs Czar who is the CEO of GE ... and how good a job he is doing outsourcing to China ... look it up for ourself ... search google ..."ge outsourcing jobs to china"

    July 13, 2012 at 5:30 pm |
    • Thedreamer

      Why don't we talk about Romney bain record, and why he is so secretive.

      July 13, 2012 at 6:38 pm |
      • mikle

        God, you so ..... You want talk about Bain. Let's talk about Obama's smoke, Minister, Resco.

        July 13, 2012 at 8:13 pm |
      • Bill in STL

        The Dreamer is your handle and it is where you get your knowledge.... Romney was not at Bain when that took place ... even an article posted on CNN today which included statements from Democrats in the know validated that fact and yet the president continues to push it ... just like the health care is not a tax ... the supreme court upheld it as being constitutional as justice Roberts said so .. because it was a tax.... even after that the president insisted it was not a tax.... just like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar he continues to lie to us.

        July 13, 2012 at 9:34 pm |
      • Bill in STL

        The CNN moderation team is out in force tonight... probably does not have the courage to let my statement through.. and I would make it anywhere

        July 13, 2012 at 9:35 pm |
      • Ray E. (Georgia)

        Romney's Bain Record and Obama's Solyndra Record/ Yes, let's talk about it.

        July 14, 2012 at 9:22 am |
      • Howard

        How about Obama,who got electted with promises of transparency ... only to be the most dishonest and secretive President ever. Obama used the power of the state to coverup up his administration's hand in killing Brian Terry, and hundreds of innocent Mexicans. Obama has spent millions to stop the release uof his records, while fabricating his own autobiography. So far, it has cost Americans 5 trillion, and counting to hear Obama do a 10 second impersonation of Al Green, and campaign for 3 1/2 years.

        July 14, 2012 at 12:01 pm |
      • Steveo

        Speaking of being secretive, what's up with the removing the work clause out of the BIPARTISAN welfare reforms that Clinton signed? Why is that QUIETLY being done?

        July 14, 2012 at 12:25 pm |
      • Pags

        We don't bother replying to brain-dead sheep like yourself who simply recite party-line rhetoric without any further knowledge and insight. Your type is bad for the country overall so there's no need to reply; it would be more productive to debate with tree moss.

        July 16, 2012 at 12:31 pm |
      • Howard

        Obama and his army of stooges can spin, and lie all they want ... but, everyone I know is feeling the weight of a shrinking economy, and higher prices for everything. Anyone who still believes this charlatan is a fool.

        July 16, 2012 at 11:46 pm |
    • DEcember 2012

      MOST DISHONEST AND SECRETIVE?

      DID WE FORGET "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"? OR "I AM NOT A CROOK"? OR EVEN "I NEVER HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS..."?

      KEEP ON CRYING REPUBLITARDS. THAT"S ALL YOU'RE GOOD AT THESE DAYS.

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

      July 14, 2012 at 1:38 pm |
      • Pags

        I only cry when the Pres. prints money we don't have to pay off campaign backers with tax money in the form of subsidies for green energy...or when the Dems cry 'pay your fair share' when the rich pay most of the taxes and when the rich Dems themselves use the same laws to minimize tax payments...or when the Dems use $8b to prop medicare advantage plans in order to delay the immediate bad results of Obamacare beyond the election.

        I could go on and on....

        July 16, 2012 at 12:35 pm |
      • Steveo

        Yo Sir Laffalot!
        Your quote "I NEVER HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS..." was BILL CLINTON and yet you attribute that to the GOP? To borrow your words...hahhahahaha

        July 16, 2012 at 2:30 pm |
      • Steveo

        Yo Sir Laffalot!
        Your quote "I NEVER HAD S-E-X-UAL RELATIONS..." was BILL CLINTON and yet you attribute that to the GOP? To borrow your words...hahhahahaha

        July 16, 2012 at 2:31 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        THIS IS WHY YOU ARE A REPUBLITARD. I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S A-S-S ABOUT PARTY AFFILIATION, I STILL WOULDN'T TRUST BILL CLINTON. TRY LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND A SIMPLE PREMISE AND STOP PROJECTING YOUR BIAS ON OTHER PEOPLE.

        July 16, 2012 at 10:45 pm |
      • Steveo

        You care nothing about party affiliation? Dude, you are the town cryer for the liberal view. Stop projecting my bias on others? Yo doc, heal yourself!

        July 17, 2012 at 11:57 am |
    • Alan

      If I'm not mistaken, GE pays no Federal Tax whatsoever.

      July 16, 2012 at 8:16 pm |
  2. Thedreamer

    Ge is not an outsourcer. It is really one of the only american corporations left that actually keep jobs in the US.

    July 13, 2012 at 6:29 pm |
    • Frank Marshall Davis

      They also paid 0 in taxes yet should pay in the millions. Let your Lord Obama explain that one. GE DID outsource jobs to china whe he and Imelt laughed about "shovel ready" jobs, remember? Break free from the kool-aid.

      July 13, 2012 at 6:38 pm |
      • Realitybites

        Frank,
        Whatever tax exemption GE exploits did not start under Obama. And you don't know squat about their outsourcing. Pull your head out of your backside.

        July 14, 2012 at 9:13 am |
      • Howard

        Subject: King Obama

        Could 2012 be America 's Last Presidential Election?

        By Michael Savage

        I've asked this question to a number of people and most of them respond as if I were crazy. They tell me that this is America , land of the free, and that there will always be elections. I tell them that we are no longer the land of the free and that if Obama gets re-elected in 2012 that this just may be America 's last election.

        In the past three years, the Obama administration has been very carefully crafting the nation for a political take over by his Marxist regime and this isn't just my opinion.

        Popular radio talk show host (of the Savage Nation on the Talk Radio Network), Michael Savage, is the son of Russian immigrants and is very familiar with Soviet and European history. Savage
        Warned his listeners this week saying, "I have to tell you that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United States , we're going to be living in something along the lines of – people say – Europe . I don't believe it's going to be like Europe – I think it will be closer to Chavez's South American dictatorship.

        "This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical administration in American history. It's not politics as usual. It's not just Democrats versus Republicans. Obama has a long history of being at odds with American values and with America itself and the core principles of this country. They don't want government-sponsored opinions. They only want government-sponsored 'Pravda.' That's exactly what the government-media complex tells you on a daily basis – nothing but the government-media
        Complex party line.

        Pay attention! Your freedom may be at stake!

        Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a small group of people in an Iowa coffee house that "Barack Obama is not incompetent, ladies and gentleman. He knows exactly what he's doing and why he's doing it. He sees America differently than you see America ."

        Obama has gone out of his way to divide this country in a way I haven't seen since the Great Depression when Franklin Roosevelt went around to divide his country. That's his hero. What makes America great in Obama's mind is that the government takes money from somebody and gives it to somebody else. No, that's what makes America , France ..

        "With his control over the Executive and Judicial branches of the
        Government, the stage is set for a complete takeover of the government. Think about it! Since taking office, instead of helping the economy, Obama has purposely escalated the economic crisis by plunging the country into unprecedented debt. He has a number of programs that are designed to go into effect in January 2013, just in time for his second term of office. The economic burden and increased taxes on everyone will be enough to cause the final economic collapse of the country. As soon as that happens, Obama
        Declares Martial Law and assumes dictatorial control of the nation.

        The Department of Justice has already been subverting federal laws to strip us of a number of freedoms. The Supreme Court and many of the other federal courts have been seeded with socialistic liberal judges that will rule in Obama's favor on virtually anything, thus ending constitutional rule and law.

        He's already changing the face of America 's military. Allowing homosexuals to openly serve along with changing the retirement program is causing many conservative military leaders to resign commissions and leave the military.
        Some Pentagon officials are also noting that an increase in the enlistment of radical Muslims into the US military where they get all the training they need on weapons and defense systems. We have no idea how many of them there are in the armed forces or in what positions they may hold..

        Obama has been wielding executive powers this past year as if he were already a dictator. When Congress is not doing his bidding, he simply bypasses them and uses an executive order to accomplish it anyway. This has set the stage for his disbandment of Congress. He would not be the first world leader to take control of a nation and disband the legislative branch of government.

        He has been effectively using the media to anesthetize the public to the dangers he poses. Like a patient being prepped for surgery, people are numb to the changes and won't have a clue what took place until they wake up in recovery and realize that free America has been removed and replaced with a regime that may parallel those of Stalin, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Chavez and Castro.

        For the sake of our children and grandchildren, I earnestly pray that we are spared from what seems a certain future and that Obama is overwhelmingly defeated in 2012. Otherwise, heaven help us.

        PLEASE, PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESSES!

        If you disagree, then just delete it!

        OBAMA MUST BE DEFEATED IN 2012!

        July 14, 2012 at 1:29 pm |
      • Cynthia L.

        Gee, Howard, you need a vacation. Try someplace without padded walls.

        July 16, 2012 at 7:21 pm |
    • Paul

      GE Medical Divisions world headquarters moved from Milwaukee, Wi to China last year. Very doubtful no jobs were lost for this pillar of a company.

      July 14, 2012 at 11:43 am |
    • Steveo

      100 ways WRONG! GE is moving an ENTIRE division from the US to China! Look it up.

      July 14, 2012 at 11:47 am |
    • Lizzie

      Fact: GE employs 300,000 only 130,000 in the US, 170,000 work in 43 other countries, GE keeps their profits overseas because they don't want to pay taxes here in the US, and if you listen to Pres.Obama Jeff Immelt is a great CEO knowing all the loopholes.

      July 17, 2012 at 11:45 am |
      • Steveo

        Immelt is the Job Czar. Was it made clear to him he is the US job Czar? I'm not so sure! Bye bye GE medical division in Wisconsin, you will be missed!

        July 17, 2012 at 11:49 am |
  3. trex

    ......................PROTECT THE 1% AT ALL COST..............................its the gop way.........................

    July 13, 2012 at 6:39 pm |
    • Bill in STL

      I have noticed over the last few years that you are a fool TREX. If you have the IQ of a fool then statements like this are understandable/

      July 13, 2012 at 9:38 pm |
    • jean2009

      Bill in STL is a prime example of a fool.

      Look at Romney, in 2002, he was very willing to tell the Masschusetts Common Law Board that he was legally a Massachusetts citizen, that he had to return to the state "often" to attend Bain Capital board meetings...therefore he was eligible to run for Massachusetts governor. He also allowed Bain to submit documents to the SEC for 3 long years which stated he was the head of Bain for 2000, 2001, and 2002....now that he wants to disassociate himself from Bain's outsourcing and pension-raiding practices he wants to say he left in 1999....typical Rethugliklan he wants to rewrite history to suit his current needs.

      July 14, 2012 at 11:57 am |
    • Pags

      You're a brainless fool.

      July 16, 2012 at 12:36 pm |
    • Pags

      I'm' a republican, and I want to protect is senseless spending of money that we don't have by the govt. I want to protect the hard-earned money in my own pocket when I've already been over-taxed because the govt has no sense of fiscal responsibility. PLEASE stop the partisan rhetoric and wise up! We revolted against the English over double-taxation as well as the lack of representation. Well, HOW MUCH ARE YOU TAXED NOW??? More than double, that's for sure. And are you REALLY represented when your taxes are raised so that money can be recouped after failed govt spending????

      July 16, 2012 at 12:40 pm |
      • jean2009

        Where were you when Bush was spending hand over foot on the national credit card?

        July 17, 2012 at 10:48 am |
  4. Jason

    This is about 2 different visions... the vision of Obama, submit to other world powers, weaken americe, blow up our debt... or Romney, rebuild American greatness, reverse the economy, build worldwide trust and stop wasteful spending! The choice is simple!

    July 13, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
    • Bob

      FAIL

      July 16, 2012 at 1:48 pm |
  5. Mike

    Why won't Willard show his tax returns what's he hiding? I smell a rat.

    July 14, 2012 at 4:18 am |
    • Steveo

      Soon as Obama's college records are released!

      July 14, 2012 at 11:48 am |
    • DEcember 2012

      OH? WHAT ABOUT HIS COLLEGE RECORDS? ARE WE GOING TO FIND OUT HE WAS OUTSOURCING HIS WEALTH AND AMERICAN JOBS WHILE HE WAS IN COLLEGE?

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

      July 14, 2012 at 12:17 pm |
      • Steveo

        Why am I NOT surprised you call for for Romney's tax records but Not Obama's college record's?

        July 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED THAT NOBODY CARES? WHAT'S SO DARK AND SINISTER THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE IN COLLEGE? DID HE USED TO BULLY YOU WITH SCISSORS LIKE YOUNG MITT ROMNEY DID?

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

        July 14, 2012 at 1:33 pm |
      • Steveo

        Nobody cares? WRONG.

        The left does not care. See! I fixed it for you and without charge!

        July 14, 2012 at 1:42 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        NOBODY CARE DUDE. WE ALL DID STUPID THINGS IN COLLEGE. THAT'S WHY IT'S COLLEGE.

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

        July 16, 2012 at 12:58 pm |
      • Steveo

        Silly man! There is more to college records than GPA and behavioral concerns! I would ask you toTHINK about but.....

        July 16, 2012 at 2:34 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        WHY DON'T YOU SPELL OUT YOUR CONSPIRACY THEORIES ALREADY. I KNOW YOU'RE DYING TO. THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING HOWARD!

        IN OTHER NEWS, ROMNEY IS LOOKING STUPIDER BY THE MINUTE WITH HIS PROTESTATIONS. WHAT'S THE MATTER MITT? DON'T LIKE THE KARL ROVE STYLE OF CAMPAIGN POLITICS?

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

        July 16, 2012 at 10:49 pm |
      • Steveo

        What I am spelling out is your hypocrisy! You want Romney to releaae records but give a pass to Obama. Heck, even Bush released his college records. That's how we know Bush had a higher GPA than Kerry. HAHAHAHAHAHA

        July 17, 2012 at 11:17 am |
    • Lizzie

      Where are Pres.Obamas school transcripts, grades, application as foreign exchange student. Oh I get it the are SEALED, so what is he hiding.

      July 17, 2012 at 11:48 am |
  6. scott

    Obama thinks Romney outsourced jobs? how about himself, a little looking around and i found lots of info on Obama outsourcing, in fact he is worse then Romney. Obama a campaign of lies and deception.

    After receiving a $500 million stimulus loan guarantee, Fisker Automotive is producing their $100,000 luxury electric sports car in Finland. (“Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars in Finland,” ABC News, 10/20/11)

    Nearly Half of President Obama’s $2.4 billion devoted to advanced vehicle batteries went to foreign companies in places like Russia, China, South Korea and France. (“Obama Sends Stimulus Aid to Foreign Firms,” Washington Times, 8/6/09)

    Sempra Energy was awarded a $337-million loan guarantee to supply panels for a solar power plant in Arizona.

    However, the company purchased its solar panels from the Chinese solar giant Suntech. (“Sempra Gets $337 Million Guarantee for Arizona Solar Project,” Bloomberg News, 9/28/11)

    Two South Korean companies – LG Chem and Dow Kokam - were given $303 million to produce car batteries in the U.S., but then brought in foreign workers. Local unions have criticized the company for filling jobs with foreign workers. (“Unions Say Foreign Workers Taking Stimulus Jobs,” CBS News, 4/13/12)

    “An April 2010 study by the Energy Department found that 60 percent of the 40 largest wind farms then financed by the stimulus relied on foreign manufacturers for their central components, including turbines.” (“Obama’s Record on Outsourcing Draws Criticism from the Left,” The Washington Post, 7/9/12)

    California-based Tezo Systems lost its bid for a ‘stimulus’-funded grant to install television monitors on California buses to a New Zealand company. (“Santa Clarita Rejects Protest, New Zealand Company Keeps Stimulus Contract,” NBC4 Los Angeles, 5/16/12)

    A federal investigation found that “at least $7 million in federal stimulus money intended to provide jobs to unemployed Oregonians instead paid wages to 254 foreign workers.” (“Federal Stimulus Money for Oregon Jobs Hired Foreign Workers,” The Oregonian, 10/20/12)

    July 14, 2012 at 7:42 am |
    • jean2009

      Actually you should do some fact checking...and quit beieving the GOP lies.

      http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/07/know-your-obama-and-romney-outsourcing-claims/54440/

      Plus cruise by Fact Check org

      July 14, 2012 at 12:09 pm |
      • Steveo

        So when Scott provides articles as proof, they are GOP lies but when you do it, its the gospel truth?

        July 14, 2012 at 12:27 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        WHAT ABOUT IT? ALL IT SHOWS IS HOW SO FAR BEHIND THE USA IS ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY THAT IT CANNOT HELP BUT SEEK FOREIGN AID TO CATCH UP. OF COURSE, REPUBLITARDS WOULD RATHER WE DROWN ON OIL FOR THE REST OF OUR MISERABLE LIVES.

        July 14, 2012 at 1:36 pm |
      • C-Lo

        Jean–can you read or think critically at all???? Do you even notice that the sources scott provides are all MSM NEWS sources (abc, nbc , cbs, Bloomberg etc) and all you come back with is a link to a POLITICS page? That seems to be one MAJOR issue with you and your ilk, you read political and opinion pieces and see them as news. If a quarter was laying on a table head-side up, you would call a conservative a liar for trying to point out that the coin has a tails side too.

        You are so hellbent on TRYING to counter anything a moderate or conservative says on here that you tell us we are wrong, even when we agree with you. These facts all taken together solidify my argument that you are nothing more than a leftist hack, and continue to increase my suspicion that you are a paid commentor by Soros and/or MoveOn.org.

        July 16, 2012 at 11:12 am |
      • Lizzie

        You need to do a little fact checking of your own, not take everything the campaign puts out as gospel truth.

        July 17, 2012 at 11:55 am |
    • Steveo

      Snap out of your hypnotic state. It is about hypocrisy!!

      July 14, 2012 at 1:38 pm |
      • Steveo

        My post above is to December 2012.

        July 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        KEEP ON CRYING REPUBLITARD

        DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED OR CRYING ABOUT OBAMA? HOW ABOUT WORKING WITH THE GUY? YOU GOT TO ADMIT HE'S GOT A BETTER CHANCE THAN THAT LOSER MITT ROMNEY.

        BUT I DIGRESS. YOU WOULDN'T BE A REPUBLITARD UNLESS YOU HANG ON TO THAT BLIND HATRED.

        July 14, 2012 at 1:42 pm |
      • Steveo

        The only source of hatred is coming from you and the only source of blind is coming from you. Dude, you are 2 for 2!
        Illegal use of a keyboard ... 15 yard penalty Not knowing any better? Another 50 yards!

        July 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm |
      • DEcember 2012

        OH, SO YOU HATE MY USE OF THE KEYBOARD? HOW PETTY. NOT SURPRISING AT ALL FROM HATEFUL REPUBLITARDS.

        KEEP ON HATING. I LOVE IT MAKE YOU ALL LOOK STUPID!

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

        July 16, 2012 at 12:57 pm |
      • Steveo

        Said nothing about hate. I said illegal (a football terminology)! You do watch football, right? Why are liberals so quick to mention hate and race?

        July 16, 2012 at 2:36 pm |
  7. marine 1978

    The ultimate outsourcing was done by President Obama when he gutted NASA. We now outsource all space flight to the Russians for millions of dollars a ride.

    July 14, 2012 at 11:13 am |
  8. Lookwhoistalking

    Romney, when at Bain, falsified documents. This is common practice in corporate america, it's called circumventing the law to get around the legal walls that are designed to keep greed self serving people like Romney honest, But self absorbed Romney wanted his cake and eat it too, thus committing a felony to do so. When you are running for the office of president of these United States, you should not try and hide your dirty laundry or stash your illegal gotten gain by hiding the money in off shore accounts, away from legal eyes and to avoid paying taxes. Show America your papers. That's right, where did you bury the real documents concerning Bain? Romney, yes you are a felon and your money will not be able to save you on this one. Even in your attack ads against the sitting president, you misrepresent the truth. One word . . . Weasel!

    July 14, 2012 at 11:33 am |
    • Steveo

      So do we assume you mentioned this to the SEC?

      July 16, 2012 at 2:40 pm |
  9. Frank Marshall Davis

    Steveo, just ignore DEcember 2012, it's useless to even reply to that door knob. He doesn't even know what a caps lock is yet he thinks he can solve the world's problems.

    July 14, 2012 at 3:50 pm |
    • Steveo

      Thanks Frank, it's all good!

      July 14, 2012 at 8:29 pm |
  10. mike texoma

    I do not give much of a fig about the two campaigns. I do care about the two visions because they are real and the differences between them are astounding. The Norquist pledge is a pledge to starve the beast. By definition, starving the beast is a strategy intended to increase America's national budget deficits drasticaly in the short run. In the long run, it is intended to force drastic cuts in domestic spending on entitlements and on regulation, thus closing the short term imbalance in sources and uses of funds. Drastic cuts is the end game. The Republican breastbeating about current year deficits and the public debt is, in a word, phoney.

    July 14, 2012 at 9:02 pm |
  11. Larry

    No tax increases for the wealthy from the Republican party. No surprise there so why bother to mention it. They will never change their minds about their trickle down methods. Just wise up and vote them all out – forever. Obama in 2012:)

    July 15, 2012 at 2:16 am |
  12. Name*Liz Carter

    Hey Jean and DEcember 2012!! I see you two are still on the "battlefield"!! I commend you for holding down the fort!! You are the best!! I am at another fort, trying to hold it down. It is getting so disgusting though, because this enemy chooses to NOT see the good this President has done. Martin Luther King said something along these lines,...a man's most dangerous enemy is one who is intentionally ignorant!! I have become sick and tired of the "intentionally ignorant" on this site!! GOD BLESS YOU BOTH and all the other "troops on THIS ground"!! Talk to you all later!! Obama/Biden 2012!!! Yes we will again!!

    July 15, 2012 at 10:21 pm |
    • txGrl

      Liz Don't be so sure.
      Last month more Americans got SS disability than got jobs.
      After 3.5 years of Obama, unemployment is still over 8%.
      Entitlement spending has increased 75%(CNN) over the last 12 years, yet DEmocrats campaign on leaving entitlements untouched.
      10,000 Boomers retire every day, each on track to collect 3 x what they paid into Medicare as benefits.
      We are boring 3.5 billion dollars every day to maintain the status quo.
      Obama spent the first 2 years of his presidency ignoring unemployment to ACA unilaterally, against the will of the
      American people.
      Of course Democrats want to talk about trivial things like Romneys job and his taxes.
      That way they don't have to talk about our jobs and our taxes.
      I am independent voter who voted for Obama.
      He is intelligent, an excellent orator, seems very personable, but he has proven himself to be too liberal.
      I am voting for Romney this time around.
      Remember 40% of the electorate is independent; it is not the right or the left that determines elections.
      It's independents, who as a general rule, lean fiscally conservative social moderate like Yours Truly.
      That does not bode well for Obama.

      Of course Democrats

      July 16, 2012 at 1:42 am |
      • Cynthia L.

        Then MY VOTE as an Independent will cancel YOUR VOTE as an Independent OUT.

        July 16, 2012 at 4:26 pm |
  13. Ray E. (Georgia)

    Humm,
    Ronmey's Tax Records and Obama's College records. Now we know Romney actualy paid Taxes but what we don;'t know is what did Obama did with all the money he got to pay for College? The Evidence seems to state Obama is a Graduate of Vaudville. He keeps repeating the same mantra, WITH YOUR MONEY AND MY BRAINS, WE WILL GO PLACES. Would I lie to you? I rest my case.

    July 16, 2012 at 10:52 am |
    • Cynthia L.

      Both you and Mitt need to take singing lessons.

      July 16, 2012 at 4:17 pm |
      • Lizzie

        Romney is not auditioning for American Idol, the President is.

        July 17, 2012 at 11:58 am |
  14. C-Lo

    The president's "message" here is a non-sequitor argument (well almost). There are multiple ways to reduce the deficit and raising taxes on only 2% of the population will not make an iota of difference in the deficit. It's a feel good measure aimed to keep stirring the class warefare pot.

    This story (and some of the comments) show one fundamental difference between conservatives and libs...libs believe there is only so much pie to go around so everyone should have a small piece of it, and if you have too much, you need to give up more than your neighbor. Conservatives believe we can make the pie bigger resulting in more for everyone...

    To put it in numbers libs believe 50% tax on $1MM is the same as 25% on $2MM. From strictly an income standpoint that is correct, but from an economics standpoint, the additional economic activity generated increases tax receipts further, enhancing the $2MM. This is true even if the wealthy keep their money invested in companies or banks. If in companies, tthose companies continue to generate productivity. If in banks, it keeps their capital reserves up so they can continue to lend. Raise taxes on this money and you will see this capital flow out of the country faster than you can blink your eye.

    The left wants to go back to 1950's-60's tax rates because they believe the country prospered because of these rates. The simple fact is that we are in a completely different world today, where technology and information are the driving forces and the cost for "shipping" this is nearly 0. Why are you so interested in the slogan "forward" the cry to go back? Makes NO SENSE.

    July 16, 2012 at 11:35 am |
  15. riptin

    As Long as Romney keeps opening his cake hole Obama benefits He keeps digging his own grave you got to love it. His own party is calling on him to release his taxes for the last 7 years If he did he knows its over for him cause he is hiding criminal activity. That is coming from the top republicans not democrats. Until he releases his taxes he will be bombarded with adds pointing out the fact that he is hiding criminal activity, and that pretty much ends any chance he thought he had of becoming president

    July 16, 2012 at 12:18 pm |
  16. Cynthia L.

    According to Republican Senator, Tom Coburn, Mr. Norquist's strict interpretation of his own pledge requires the signers to defend every loophole and spending program hidden in the tax code. And, Republicans understand the tax-code is riddled with Special-interest provisions that are merely spending by another name. – If asked to elinimate earmarks for 'Nascar' or the 'tacklebox (sport) industry' – all of which are actual tax 'breaks' – most of the Republicans would be embarrassed to demand dollar-for-dollar rate reductions in things like social security BUT feel they have to put everything on the table. (AS IF THEY ARE EQUAL???-NOT)

    The tax rates on the richest 1% of this country are the lowest they've been in 80 yrs. Mitt wants to give them an additional tax break that will come at the tax-increase and/or, services and benefit cuts to the majority AND probably both. All while avoiding the disclosure of tax returns that prove he actually was a job creator-type business man and not just some scumb-bag opportunitist who has avoided paying taxes while our soldiers die in war or come back disabled to NO JOBS.

    Mitt, yer boat is circling the drain.

    Either put up OR SHUT UP AND GO AWAY! We want to know why your money is sitting in offshore accounts with listed businesses having just a Post Office Box in places like the Caymen Islands, why your signature is on some 140 legal documents with your signature saying you were 100% the sole owner, manager, sole stock owner of Bain while receiving a salary of a minimum of $100,000.00 during the time jobs were being outsourced for the years you said you weren't responsible. YOU OPENED THE CAN OF WORMS – INVITING US TO GO FISHING!

    July 16, 2012 at 1:10 pm |
  17. DM

    Once again to cover his own fail policies he is trying to make Romney look bad. I guess he has repeated it so much he believes his own propoganda. A little research found a lot of interesting articles on our Out Sourcer in Chief, Obama.

    After receiving a $500 million stimulus loan guarantee, Fisker Automotive is producing their $100,000 luxury electric sports car in Finland. (“Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars in Finland,” ABC News, 10/20/11)

    Nearly Half of President Obama’s $2.4 billion devoted to advanced vehicle batteries went to foreign companies in places like Russia, China, South Korea and France. (“Obama Sends Stimulus Aid to Foreign Firms,” Washington Times, 8/6/09)

    Sempra Energy was awarded a $337-million loan guarantee to supply panels for a solar power plant in Arizona. However, the company purchased its solar panels from the Chinese solar giant Suntech. (“Sempra Gets $337 Million Guarantee for Arizona Solar Project,” Bloomberg News, 9/28/11)

    Two South Korean companies – LG Chem and Dow Kokam – were given $303 million to produce car batteries in the U.S., but then brought in foreign workers. Local unions have criticized the company for filling jobs with foreign workers. (“Unions Say Foreign Workers Taking Stimulus Jobs,” CBS News, 4/13/12)

    “An April 2010 study by the Energy Department found that 60 percent of the 40 largest wind farms then financed by the stimulus relied on foreign manufacturers for their central components, including turbines.” (“Obama’s Record on Outsourcing Draws Criticism from the Left,” The Washington Post, 7/9/12)

    California-based Tezo Systems lost its bid for a ‘stimulus’-funded grant to install television monitors on California buses to a New Zealand company. (“Santa Clarita Rejects Protest, New Zealand Company Keeps Stimulus Contract,” NBC4 Los Angeles, 5/16/12)

    A federal investigation found that “at least $7 million in federal stimulus money intended to provide jobs to unemployed Oregonians instead paid wages to 254 foreign workers.” (“Federal Stimulus Money for Oregon Jobs Hired Foreign Workers,” The Oregonian, 10/20/12)

    July 16, 2012 at 2:47 pm |
  18. Steveo

    Stances and mantra? Let's debate this, shall we
    1. Will close GITMO by first term Actually glad this mantra failed!
    2. Will halve deficit by first term
    3. if economy does not improve, will be one termer!

    Yep stances and mantras!

    July 17, 2012 at 12:06 pm |
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  20. Alex

    We returned to Kenya, the home of Barak , and got the test tgoether as a couple. The president of OUR United States has another place he considers home? I thought this was his home, America! I wonder how many will be fooled by his rhetoric and cajoled into thinking he is, after all, a good man for this country and a good president?We have been overrun by muslims and other invaders that want to change our laws, ignore our constitution, use religion as a springboard to defy legalities and common sense, and steal from American taxpayers to support them and their anchor babies.No matter what else Obama has done, or not done, giving away our country and betraying the constitution is what he is really good at. Beware of the wolf in sheeps clothing, and that goes for Michelle Obama too!

    July 31, 2012 at 12:33 pm |