OBAMA ADVISER SAYS PRESIDENT WILL NOT EXTEND BUSH TAX CUTS, EVEN TEMPORARILY: ’100% COMMITTED’

[BlueCaliDem]

40. Politics is complicated. Nothing is as cut and dry as we'd like it,

but fact of the matter is, that's exactly what happened the last time Bush's tax cuts had been extended.

Congress had stuffed the Bush tax cuts extension in the bill together with extending UE benefits for the unemployed at Christmas. President Obama had asked Congress, again and again, back in April/May of 2010 to work at extending U.E. benefits, but he was ignored as Mitchie played politics. The GOTP and RepubliDems kept kicking the can down the road until it came to a head in the crucial month of December 2010.

Don't forget, the 99ers were furious that their benefits had been cut off, too.

Had President Obama vetoed the bill our taxes would've risen on January 1, 2011 and, among other things, there'd be NO extension of U.E. benefits. Who do you think would get blamed for taking the food out of the mouths of American babies at Christmas time? The president or Congress? Judging by the anger directed at him for signing the bill that extended Bush's tax cuts while extending U.E. benefits, you've got your answer right there. For some strange reason, even among Liberals, Congress gets a pass each and every time, and President Obama gets trashed.