Obama Bush Tax Cuts Wealthy

Progressives and Liberal Democrats Blowing Hot Air Obama's on Tax Cut Deal

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It's odious to give money to those who don't need it, will hoard it, and not create one job, or save one foreclosed home, or help sustain one small business.

Amanda Terkel

Warren Buffett: I 'Should Be Paying A Lot More In Taxes'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Billionaire Warren Buffett rebutted claims that the Obama administration is unjustly hurting business orders with high taxes by saying t...

Demand Obama Grow a Pair and Not Cave in to Republicans on Tax Cuts for Rich

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Miles Mogulescu

The Bush tax cuts added trillions of dollars to the deficit, which inside-the-beltway pundits now want to pay for by cutting the social safety net on middle class and poor Americans.

Undead on Arrival: Why Payroll Tax Cuts Keep Coming Back -- Part 2

Stephen Kent | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephen Kent

In Part 1 of this blog I argued that despite the defeat of the latest jobs bill in the Senate, seen in historical context, support for the once-taboo ...

Undead on Arrival: Why Payroll Tax Cuts Keep Coming Back -- Part 1

Stephen Kent | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephen Kent

The latest jobs bill -- probably the last attempt of the 111th Congress to stimulate job growth before it adjourns -- died in the Senate yesterday. ...

Nouriel Roubini Calls For Payroll Tax Cuts -- And He's Not Alone

Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

As President Obama's recent proposal for new stimulus programs has elicited mixed reviews from financial pundits, there's been growing support for ano...

Sam Stein

Gibbs: Final Resolution On Bush Tax Cuts Won't Require Obama's Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stressed on Thursday that it essentially pointless to discuss whether President Obama will support or veto a ...

Sam Stein

Obama Refuses To Say He'd Veto Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama on Thursday refused to commit himself to vetoing legislation that would temporarily extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, even as ...