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January 20, 2010 02:44 PM EST by John Stossel

Obama's Broken Promises
In a Reason Magazine interview last year, Ted Balaker asked me about my hopes for the incoming Obama administration. "Maybe Obama will be financially responsible," I said.

I’m so inclined to wishful thinking.

It's now been one year since Obama took office. He promised fiscal responsibility. Then he broke lots of those promises. Here is a list of some:

Promise #6: No Tax Increase on Families Making Under 250k

“Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase - not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes,” Obama said in a September 2008 town hall meeting in Dover.

Reality: In his first year in office, he proposed Cap and Trade, which would be a fat tax on everyone. He increased the cigarette tax by 159 percent, and now we have that proposed tax on fancy health care benefits.

During the campaign, he criticized John McCain for just suggesting that.

“My opponent can't make that pledge [not to raise taxes] and here’s why: for the first time in American history, John McCain wants to tax your health care benefits," he said in the same speech.

But now it's Obama who wants to tax health plans:

“This reform will charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies,” he said in his health care address to Congress.

Promise #5: Ban Earmarks

"We are going to ban all earmarks,” Obama said at a press conference on January 6, 2009.

Reality: The first spending bill he signed had over 9,000 earmarks.

Promise #4: I Won't Force Americans To Buy Insurance

During the campaign, Obama attacked Hillary Clinton:

“She believes we have to force people who don’t have insurance,” he said in a primary debate in January 2008.

In a Feb. 2008 CNN interview, he added: “If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating that everybody buy a house.”

Reality: This September, he told Congress: “Under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance.”

Promise #3: Health care negotiations will be on C-SPAN

Obama promised at least eight times that "we’re going to do all the negotiations on C-SPAN, So the American people will be able to watch.”

Reality: They haven’t been there.

Well, briefly. C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb said, “The only time we’ve been allowed to cover the White House part of it was one hour inside the East Room, which was kind of just a show horse type of thing.”

Promise #2: Putting bills online


Obama promised “When there’s a bill that ends up on my desk as President, you the public will have five days to look online, and find out what’s in it before I sign it.”

Reality: He broke that promise when he singed his first bill, the Fair Pay Act. He's broken it since, for instance on the Credit Card Bill of Rights and an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Promise #1: Cutting spending

On the campaign trail, Obama promised to cut spending several times. In the second presidential debate, he said that “actually, I am cutting more than I’m spending. So it will be a net spending cut.”

In the third debate, he reiterated: “what I've done throughout this campaign is to propose a net spending cut.”

Of course, Republicans made claims like that, too. Bush Sr. is famous for his “Read my lips. No new taxes” line. Bush Jr. made statements like “Prosperity requires restraining the spending appetite of the federal government.”

Reality: Here’s a graph:

Under both parties, government’s appetite grows.

But look how sharply the line rose after Obama took office. Spending increased 2 TRILLION dollars this year -- more than any year in history.







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"STONER BARRY" is meeting his Waterloo today!
"STONER BARRY's" cheerleading hopeful left-wing main stream moron media has had it! They've now turned on him and there is nothing like a paramour that has been jilted!!!!!!!!!!!

Buffett Says He Can’t See Rationale for Bank Levy

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Warren Buffett opposes President Barack Obama’s proposed levy on financial institutions because firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. already repaid bailout funds.

“I don’t see any reason why they should be paying a special tax,” said Buffett, the chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., in an interview on Bloomberg Television today. Supporters of the plan to tax the banks “are trying to punish people,” he said. “I don’t see the rationale for it.”

Obama announced a plan last week to impose a fee on as many as 50 financial companies to recover losses from the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program. The levy would apply to firms with more than $50 billion in assets, including Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, two companies that Berkshire has investments in. It would exclude Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage lenders taken over by the U.S.

“Look at the damage Fannie and Freddie caused, and they were run by the Congress,” said Buffett. “Should they have a special tax on congressmen because they let this thing happen to Freddie and Fannie? I don’t think so.”

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As posted here with videos, Fannie and Freddie were the driving factor in the housing mortgage scam while flunkies formerly with the rapists administration were in charge cooking the books buying worthless paper to jack up their enormous bonuses. Franklin Raines raked in about $100,000,000.00 in bonuses doing this and was protected by barney fag and the other socialist donkeies, the scam was never even investigated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fannie and Freddie have cost the American taxpayer billions to this point and it will cost billions more to keep them afloat! Meanwhile their executives are getting huge bonuses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am about ready to change partys.

And I probably would, if not for all you idiots praising Sarah Palin. Glen Beck's program this morning just about made me sick to my stomache.

Message Received Boz. And I agree.

The Dems are blowing thier shot. ****tards like Barney Frank, and Coakley are just as bad if not worse.... No, scratch that. They ARE worse than Sarah Palin.

At least Palin is entertaining. Barney Frank the fat faggot makes me want to vomit.

Boz, sometimes I think you guys have a hard time thinking for yourself, especially when it comes to Palin.

Why in hell would any party squander a good chance at taking back part of the legislative body by continuing to focus on little Sarah, instead of any issue except to be against anything the Dems are for.

The Republican party has the perception of just agreeing that everything is OK in this country when it is not.

The vote in Mass. was people voting for someone that has a track record in legislative politics, working to get bills introduced and passed and was not a member of the party which has allowed itself to be controlled by a FEW nutcases.

Palin has none of this experience. Sure she was governor (for a short time until she quit under pressure from money and other things) but she had no legislative experience outside the city council of a small town.

Brown and Palin do not compare in any way, and I know this topic is not about the Senate race.

The point is Palin IS NOT the one. At least 56% of Republicans think it would be a mistake to have her head the ticket in '12.

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Originally posted by Bill Hoskinson 3152:
I am about ready to change partys.

And I probably would, if not for all you idiots praising Sarah Palin. Glen Beck's program this morning just about made me sick to my stomache.

We or correct that, I don't think Palin would be a fantastic President or V.P.. I do think that she would be far better than what we have right now.

Plus her mere existence seems to drive the far left bonkers. She would likely look fine in a bikini too.

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Originally posted by BD:
Boz, sometimes I think you guys have a hard time thinking for yourself, especially when it comes to Palin.

Why in hell would any party squander a good chance at taking back part of the legislative body by continuing to focus on little Sarah, instead of any issue except to be against anything the Dems are for.

The Republican party has the perception of just agreeing that everything is OK in this country when it is not.

The vote in Mass. was people voting for someone that has a track record in legislative politics, working to get bills introduced and passed and was not a member of the party which has allowed itself to be controlled by a FEW nutcases.

Palin has none of this experience. Sure she was governor (for a short time until she quit under pressure from money and other things) but she had no legislative experience outside the city council of a small town.

Brown and Palin do not compare in any way, and I know this topic is not about the Senate race.

The point is Palin IS NOT the one. At least 56% of Republicans think it would be a mistake to have her head the ticket in '12.

BD,
I think you are missing the boat and reading wrong. I like Palin, I think she did a good job in Alaska. Do I think she was the right choice for VP or wouild I want her as President, NO. I haven't ever said I did. What I have said and will stand behind is "She is way better than what we have in the Oval Office right now". If you don't believe that then you are a not seeing clearly.

I also believe that the entire house and congress have done a piss poor job. I think they need to have bills come up and vote on them singularly. This way it is each individual thing that has to be voted on. A lot of PORK leaves the bills and anyone that votes for it gets put out in the open. It would also take forever to get through, another reason why it would keep all the PORK out.

Call Palin a moron is a huge insult to morons everywhere!

Yep, it would raise their self esteem. Now Calling you and Boob ignorant offends a lot of retarded people, because they can see what you two can't.

The announcer is a step or two above "I'M STUPID" the other dolt from ohio and wonder boy!

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huge insult to morons everywhere

You hang out with a lot of morons(LOL)

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I am about ready to change partys

Something other than democrat or republican?

-- Warren Buffett opposes President Barack Obama’s proposed levy on financial institutions because firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. already repaid bailout funds.

“Look at the damage Fannie and Freddie caused, and they were run by the Congress,” said Buffett. “Should they have a special tax on congressmen because they let this thing happen to Freddie and Fannie? I don’t think so.”

Buffett held a fundraiser for Obama and advised the future president on economic issues during his campaign.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...087&sid=aPdhurDmpnhE

Mike...don't talk about Carlson like that.....Have you seen his hippie hair do yet?

Thanks Bill.......I think.

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And I probably would, if not for all you idiots praising Sarah Palin. Glen Beck's program this morning just about made me sick to my stomache.

Up till now you have praised Obama, Pelosi and Reid. Who's the real idiot here.