Obama has proposed more than 442 Tax increases - Page 1

Since taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama has formally proposed a total of 442 tax increases, according to an Americans for Tax Reform analysis of Obama administration budgets for fiscal years 2010 through 2015.

The 442 total proposed tax increases does not include the 20 tax increases Obama signed into law as part of Obamacare.

"History tells us what Obama was able to do. This list reminds us of what Obama wanted to do," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

The number of proposed tax increases per year is as follows:

• 79 tax increases for FY 2010
• 52 tax increases for FY 2011
• 47 tax increases for FY 2012
• 34 tax increases for FY 2013
• 137 tax increases for FY 2014
• 93 tax increases for FY 2015

Perhaps not coincidentally, the Obama budget with the lowest number of proposed tax increases was released during an election year: In February 2012, Obama released his FY 2013 budget, with "only" 34 proposed tax increases. Once safely re-elected, Obama came back with a vengeance, proposing 137 tax increases, a personal record high for the 44th President.

In addition to the 442 tax increases in his annual budget proposals, the 20 signed into law as part of Obamacare, and the massive tobacco tax hike signed into law on the sixteenth day of his presidency, Obama has made it clear he is open to other broad-based tax increases.

During an interview with Men's Health in 2009, when asked about the idea of national tax on soda and sugary drinks, the President said, "I actually think it's an idea that we should be exploring."

During an interview with CNBC's John Harwood in 2010, Obama said a European-style Value-Added-Tax was"something that would be novel for the United States."

Obama's statement was consistent with a pattern of remarks made by Obama White House officials refusing to rule out a VAT.

"Presidents are judged by history based on what they did in power. But presidents can only enact laws when the Congress agrees," said Norquist. "Thus a record forged by such compromise tells you what a president -- limited by congress -- did rather than what he wanted to do."

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/john-kartch/obama-has-proposed-442-tax-hikes-taking-office

Yes we found out when we did our IrS taxes just to make sure the IRS representative was correct last July when he told us when we got married our joint income would owe NO taxes...Well , the IRS representative corrected the July figures with the STATEMENT.....Sorry but the Tax RATE FOR you two has been changed by the NEW OBAMA UPDATES as of Dec 2013 and we went from not owing O to $1,638.00...

Even the deduction for Turbo tax preperation could not be deducted.  That was the first surface notice. The latest representative said the many perks for seniors with annuities and income from retirement had been changed drastically  so!!!  Welcome to NEW SURPRISES for your WALLET.

The July rep did tell us, there may be a small change BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW AT THAT TIME WHAT THEY WERE...HA HA  HA   SMALL in whose books.

YR    

Oh yeah you would rather they propose war, which costs more than all these tax hikes combined, carry on.

Who proposed WAR?

You OK?

Since the firing of 6 top ranked Generals from Brigadere, Major Generals, all because they opposed his unbelievable plans, we are in jeopardy of losing our tails in 

the wind

NO WARS

BUT THE overspending and waste could very well stop!  That is proved to be unquestionable !

and what happened to HIS big promise besides CHANGE?    TRANSPERANCY!!!!!!!!!

YR  

maybe they have a lot of repair work to do domestically after the trillions of dollars siphoned off and spent in fighting wars all every other place?

YR,

I hate to break the news to you but GWB spent like a drunken sailor and just think he was a conservative.

Here is a pretty little picture to help you see how the conservative spent compared to the liberal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/adding-to-the-deficit-bush-vs-obama/2012/01/31/gIQAQ0kFgQ_graphic.html

ML,

Can you do the math or do you want some help?

BTW, ML did you bother looking at the complete list? lol, I sure hope so as you might get some egg on your face if you didn't.

I think raising the tobacco tax was a great idea, you are against this raise in taxes?

Most of these raises are to people making over 250,000 a year, pretty sure with that kind of income they can afford a little higher taxes.

I noticed the link was missing from your above copy and paste so I had to take a look, I will just say LMFAO.

https://www.atr.org/sites/default/files/assets/Obama%20Proposed%20442%20Tax%20Hikes%20Full%20List.pdf