Pres. Obama's Prime Time Address

[earthside]

So, when can we expect President Obama's prime time, Oval Office, address to the nation on taxes?

I would expect that the President would explain clearly that one of his most prominent campaign promises was that the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans should expire and that the cuts for everyone else should be extended ... and he would remind us that he did get elected after all (at least in part) on that promise.

I would also expect that the President would use digital charts and graphs -- as a tool of 21st century internet America -- to plainly show the addition to the deficit that would accrue from extending the tax cuts for the super wealthy elite. And, charts or bullet points that show that the argument that the upper tax cuts go to "small business" is bogus.

Finally, I would expect President Obama to raise his veto pen and proclaim that the Repuglicans in Congress have already been too obstructionist and that he will veto any deficit busting bill that comes across his desk that gives a continued tax bonus to millionaires and billionaires.

This tax cut extension debate does indeed rise to the level, in my opinion, that warrants such an address to the whole country. We're still in the midst of a debilitating recession and the future prosperity of the American working and middle class is at stake in this debate.

Furthermore, if the President, as the leader of his party, cannot make such a defense of his very own campaign promise on taxes, then, well, he'll be a lame duck in all but fact from now until January 2013.

[Angry Dragon]

1. That is something he should have done a long time ago

Perhaps I am just so jaded in the way I look at how a person fights for what they believe.
This president does not fit into my idea of a fighter.

[veganlush]

2. Absolutely right!

I would also have graphs showing what a dismal failure the Bush tax cuts were at creating jobs or doing any good for the economy. There should also be a chart showing that the Obama tax cuts of 2009 were the BIGGEST TAX CUTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY! look it up!

[frylock]

3. kick

[Bluebear]

4. And then you woke up.

:)