Obama, the Art of the Lie .... not one dime!

Throughout the 2012 campaign Obama promised that if his tax increase proposals for the rich were enacted, the middle class, those earning less than $250 thousand a year, wouldn't see their taxes increase at all.

After claiming the election, even as late as December 8th Obama promised this:

"Right now, middle-class tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. Time is running out. And there are two things that can happen.

First, if Congress does nothing, every family in America will see their income taxes automatically go up on January 1st. A typical middle-class family of four would get a $2,200 tax hike. That would be bad for families, it would be bad for businesses, and it would drag down our entire economy.

Now, Congress can avoid all this by passing a law that prevents a tax hike on the first $250,000 of everybody's income. That means 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses wouldn't see their income taxes go up by a single dime. Even the wealthiest Americans would get a tax cut on the first $250,000 of their income. And families everywhere would enjoy some peace of mind." - Obama speech

Well, Obama got what he wanted, almost all of it anyway, with the Senate passing a resolution in the 12th hour before adjournment but only after the House of Representatives had closed up shop for the year. Taxes on the rich for 2013 wouldn't kick in until $450 thousand of income but the tax breaks for those earning less than $250 thousand would be preserved - seemingly with no new taxes.

There was also a small item in the agreement that said Congress would not receive a fixed pay increase - after all, it probably wouldn't go down well at all with the public who pretty much uniformly despise the legislators - that they would be seen as rewarding themselves for such piss poor performance as they turned in as the 112th Congress!

If you're one of the middle class as defined by Obama, all this sounds really good - doesn't it?

Problem is this Obama campaign promise like all the rest, was and is bogus, and it's in the parsing of the language. Obama was referring to income taxes, all the while and knowing full well the average American would relate to it as no tax increases on any part of their incomes, payroll or otherwise. 

And, there was the matter of the payroll tax cut extension that Obama and the Congress did NOT address and right on schedule with the first of the year, automatically, middle class Americans saw their weekly payroll checks go down as their tribute to Uncle Sam went up.

Fox News ran a poll recently in which 60 % said their tax bite had increased since the beginning of the year.

So much for the Obama horseshit ! 

Actually, it is standard fare for politicians to lie, although Obama has perfected the ploy, since promises cost far, far less than the resources, energy, good will and political capital required to discharge the obligation - in this instance it helped him claim the Presidency with no consequence.

Unfortunately, a majority of the electorate seems unable to make the connection, retain the information, or not care when politicians fail to live up to their promises.

Another you may recall was the assurance that more than a trillion in stimulus spending, money we couldn't afford to spend, was required to provide sufficient numbers of new jobs to drive unemployment rates down under 8%. It didn't.

Or, how about his promise that under Obamacare insurance premiums would go down $2000 and that you wouldn't need to change your doctor or health care plan if you didn't want to - premiums instead went up $2000 and companies are choosing to pay the Obamacare penalties and drop their employee health insurance plans, while many doctors now refuse to treat medicare patients.

And now on the horizon Obama promises gun owners they don't need to be fearful about their Constitutional 2nd amendment rights for personal defense, sporting and hunting use of firearms. 

 With Obama's past voting record and body of speeches about gun control, Yeah right, nothing to be concerned about there.

At every turn Americans face an unending barrage of political manipulations and regulation that erode and compromise their freedoms, all the while being placated with hollow promises to the contrary by the politicians who claim to represent them.

Oh .... and the little item about no Congressional pay raise in the legislation ? On December 27th Obama signed an executive order with little fanfare or public attention authorizing on March 27th of this year a pay raise - described as a modest 0.5 % increase - for the jackasses in Congress. And since, by law, Congress can receive no raise greater than other federal employees all of the other public service employees working for the federal government will see an increase in their paychecks with your tax dollars. What seems insignificant now in reality suddenly and currently consumes nearly a billion dollars BUT more than 11 billion over the next ten years.... how about your paycheck ... what will you see Mr. & Mrs. Middleclass?