"I personnally think that the Obama administration wants the tax cuts to end."

The LEFT wants their ideological fantasies about social justice to prevail. Let them try, and watch it burn.

I hope the tax cuts do end Then the Democrats will have a lock on the elections for years!

Go over the cliff Prez, Harry and Nancy... then vote out the filibuster on day one, pass the new Obama tax cuts in senate and then run it over to the House and see what the teabaggers do. Have your mass communications out to the 99/98% that repubs are holding us hostage and going to tax us more. Even Krauthiemer the educated cons pundit wants this (or at least the cliff fall part), so call their bluff.

Obama is right....we had a long campaign in which this was the central issue. The country voted with Obama. There is no disputing those 2 facts.

Republicans are mad because Obama is offering up a liberal plan. Scarborough was livid because Obama came out so strong. Apparently, Republicans want Obama to do his job as well as Boehner’s job too. It’s called negotiations Republicans. Offer up something, just don’t say “NO” like you have for 4 years.

It's becoming more obvious that America, as we understood it, is no more. This was a promise Barack Obama made in 2008, to fundamentally change the United States.

It's happening and those who desire a more socialized type of government appear to be in a more advantageous position.

We are in for change that many probably never thought they would see in their lifetime, and with the leadership in place, steering America away from our roots, they are changing the future for generations to come. We will look back and remember what it was like when America was the true land of opportunity.

A sad day for many - and victory for others

You rightwing nutcases obviously do not understand economics or business, which is understandable since you all live under a bridge. When taxes go up, businesses look for ways to minimize their tax obligation. The simplest way to do that is to invest in their business by putting more people to work. Therefore, just as reducing taxes never created one job, increasing taxes always increases jobs and business expansion.

Wake up America!

Boehner, the Democrat, even conscientious Republicans, and independents will remember you for ever as a persistent blocker of progress for our country, and we will work hard in the next lections in 2014, to kick you out of the House of Representatives. We will pursue this task with all our heart. Our prime future agenda is to consolidate our efforts to get you fast ejected in the next elections out of a job you did not know how to do efficiently, you did not earned it, and you do not deserved it as an American! We will make you invisible by jerking you out to never return because have done so much damaged to the American people, to our credit ratings during the Budget Ceiling discussions by so much indolent opposition against the president Obama. Unfortunately for the people of America your negative actions quickly ricochet against the middle class, stopping their opportunity for job creations, better economics future, and less poverty. We still do not understand, and still we cannot mentally accept a man's in your position to be so weakly and wrongly leading this mass of incoherent Tea Party nuts, and Republican members, that with no excuse, were put there by the people to supposedly work with the people benefits, and for the people gains only, and not for you monetary growth, and big names in the House of Representatives. You made yourself a detestable inhuman, we all deeply feeling sick just by listening to you bully unaccomplished voice always commanding nothing but despair, no jobs, no presidential Bills passed, future poverty, anti -health opposition for the citizens, you need to be put out of your job quickly and we can hardly wait for the next elections! You, and all of you have put us through
misery, poverty, and no jobs, you have discredit our USA by not wanting to increase the Debt Ceiling when you kissed the rear of Bush, and increase the debt ceiling many times because you adore this man of poor and reckless presidential performance just like yours!

Hey, FR---would it be too much to ask you to refer to the President by his title---President Obama---after all he earned it twice now.

It seems that the Democrats, led by President Obama, realize that the way to solve this problem is through a ng more won't help. The Republicans, on the other hand, want only to cut spending but have no taste for revenue increases. Taxation is only one way we have of raising revenue. If they had been doing their jobs Congress, specifically the House of Representatives, would have figured this out and would have already offered the President a bill he could sign. They would be able to claim bipartisan cooperation and everybody would look good. Unfortunately, even after the whoopin' they got in the election which clearly sides with the President they continue their pathetic route to self destruction within the Republican ranks. Boehner can't seem to control the extremists either. He seems to work out a deal with the White House and then it falls apart because of lack of support from the right wing nut job Fascist wannabes in the Congress.

Guys,

We have a spending problem - even if you get the tax proposals on the top 2% that is only $64 billion additional revenue per year. This funds the government for one week. We are running trillion dollar deficits each year. $64 billion is nothing - Our current spending is 25% to GDP under Clinton it was 20% it should be around 18%. We are not focusing on the real problem which is spending. We are on a path of destruction and the politicians are just playing politics - what a joke. Please bond vigilantes do not loan the USA any more money or at least at such high rates that we will finally get real on what our issue is with this country - We love all the entitlements we just don't want to pay for them.

I.e. Socialism works until you run out of other peoples money - Margret Thatcher ( look at Greece, they have to lick the boots of others to get more money for their entitlements, how degrading - we are just around the corner of licking the boots of our Chinese masters

Most of that is your boy Bush's 2 unpaid wars that he started on a lie phucktard that didnt hit the debt till 9 months after obama was elected the first time. Now who is the Moron you Republicons are a sorry lot phuck up the country and blame someone other than yourself typical puke

We all know that republicans are against tax cuts......and obama is against taxes.......LOL

Everyone at my trading desk realizes the president is holding all the cards in this fight. It's hilarious to watch Boehner and McConnell posture and whine because they realize they have no bargaining power.

Can it get any simpler for the 98% of us to see, even the half that are republicans in the 98%? GOP leaders do not want to help more Americans get affordable quality health care nor do they want to give the middle, upper middle, and working classes a permanent tax cut because the Prez wants to let the TEMPORARY tax cut for the rich to expire like GW Bush planned on. Why else did Bush make them temporary when he had 6 years of both houses of congress control to make them permanent? All you travelers, now you know why those middle class Canadians and Europeans you have met and will continue to meet on your vacation and business trips there wonder what the heck is going on in America from the air pollution/acid rain we showered on Canada to these middle class treatment issues - its the GOP, 100 million people in their own world no maybe parallel universe.

Maybe you have noticed one of the republican talking points is that term leadership which they have been throwing around for years now and their main point and usually the only point is to try to humiliate this president.

It only makes sense that you need to cut your spending, if, your going to bring in less money. Obama is saying let's bring in less money without cutting the spending... Congress is saying "we need less spending". It's basic finances... I know the media is trying to spin Obama is a good guy on this, and even showing him saying he wants something "balanced", but, the truth is he is not proposing something even close to balanced. Which will end up creating more and more debt and deficit...

Obama is the elected leader. It is his job to solve the fiscal problem by leading Congress to a solution. Republicans should tell Obama to lead or resign. They will wait for him to lead the country out of the crisis or will impeach him for not doing anything. The corrupt Chicago Democrat was supported by the mainstream media. They can live with the crisis they create and die with the crisis they created. It may be time to burn news journalists at the stake for supporting corruption.

I hope its not too late in '14 and '16.

Obama's plan will fail more than the Ford Edsel did. The only difference is Ford is still standing. He wants to keep spending so ask yourself how will putting more tax burden on only 2% of the population help to chip away at a debt that will keep rising with all the spending he wants, honestly and factually, it won't. What will eventually happen is that all of our taxes will go up on the Federal and State level to pay for Obama's out of control spending, and he will continue adding more than a trillion every year until his next term is up. The person's who most be affected by Obama's idiotic policies are our children and grandchildren. I know America has become the "me" place to live, but really do you want to place this burden on your children and grandchildren for a plan that has not and won't work?

When Obama was at Knex Toys today, he used the same rhetoric about protecting the middle class--what about the people he has driven to poverty in his first term, and what about the people he will drive to poverty with his ill advised policies? I also have a question for Knex--how much did it cost your company to hold this photo op with Obama today and will that cost be passed on to the consumer who are stupid enough to buy your products or will it be passed on to the employees? To Obama--you want to reach across the table and work with Republicans and Congress, than your childish and asinine comment about who will get presents and who won't in Congress shows again how much you lie and get away with lying because you have no intentions of working with any political party even your own because you are a man scorned and you have been out to get those that have peaved off yourself and your hippie mom and gypsy grandparents.

Words of Obama

Bush did it....................

What to do … what to do? I’m torn between going over the financial cliff and raising taxes on everyone. I admit it would be fun reading the blogs and watching the poor pawn their Flat Screens. Or do we give the President his way and watch the entire Country seep backwards even more. Either way I win because it will be good entertainment. Heartless. You bet … I have never seen so many Socialist, Marxist and Communist coming out of the closet. Pity. No Morals, No Religion, No Ethics. At least I will be having a good time ... either way.

@Dagan - You should be careful calling people tard, when your facts are all messed up... and you look the way you do.

The "unpaid" parts of the war only applied to Obama's first year of deficit... the next 3 years are all Obama.

Check the facts at factcheck dot org.... And start blaming ALL of the things that Obama is doing, on Obama...

Addl fact: Obama increased the military that was in Afghanastan in his second and third years...

Got this spam email from the whitehouse propaganda spin machine today. Not exactly correct or factual, and pretty much one sided, but I suppose people believe whatever the singing Presidents people push on them...Hello --

When President Obama asked you to tell us what the middle-class tax cuts meant for your families, we knew you'd speak up. But I don't think any of us were prepared for this.

The stories started pouring in immediately. Within a couple hours, we received messages from tens of thousands of people. Folks from every state in the country took time to write in. You nearly took over Twitter, where the hashtag #My2K trended all day.

And people are starting to pay attention. News outlets are writing stories about how everyday Americans are engaged in this debate. Decision makers are coming to the sudden realization that they can't ignore the perspective of the middle class when it comes to cutting taxes.

You're changing an entire policy conversation. And we have to keep it up.

Tell us what $2,000 means to middle-class families.

There's no denying the power of your voices.

We heard from a woman in Alabama who explained that $2,000 was a crucial part of her family budget -- the choice between two house payments, three car payments, or medical prescriptions for a year.

We heard from a farmer in Michigan, just starting his business, who wants to use $2,000 to invest in two greenhouses so he can extend his growing season.

We heard from a dad in Indiana who did the math and realized that $2,000 will buy groceries for his family for 23.5 weeks.

We heard from graduate students working to pay down student loans and parents trying to help put their kids through school.

And these folks are not alone. Unless Congress acts, 114 million middle-class American families are staring down a tax increase starting January 1.

So we need you to join them. We're doing everything to draw attention to the stories you share with us. We're sharing them on Facebook and Twitter. We're putting them on the front page of the White House website.

Will you speak out today?

Thanks,

David

David Plouffe
Senior Advisor
White House

The majority of Americans voted for big government and entitlements. Who the hell want to embrace self-reliance and achievements, obiviously the minority. Face four more years of economic stagnation and enjoy it. Americans had their chance to turn things around and blew it . Too bad.