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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Plurality supports single-payer health care [View all]Demsrule86
(71,542 posts)"But claims that Obama dramatically raised taxes -- as was frequently charged by his opponents -- were exaggerations designed to rile up the Republican base. While Obama did raise some taxes, mostly to pay for Obamacare, there was no major tax overhaul of the kind Trump and Republicans hope to accomplish. In fact, in 2013 Obama signed a compromise bill making permanent the tax cuts enacted by his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush.
As of 2013, the Tax Policy Center found that, under Obama, the top 1% of earners paid an effective federal tax rate of roughly 32%, compared to about 27% under Bush. But middle earners paid roughly 12%, almost exactly the same as under the previous president, while low earners paid a bit less -- about 2.3%, rather than 3.5%.The tax changes under Obama basically fell into two buckets: Obamacare tax increases, and tax cut extensions."
http://time.com/money/4630346/president-obama-taxes-increase-obamacare/