The President’s middle class tax cut? You do mean President Bush, right?
Arguing yesterday on behalf of the Senate’s plan to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire for Americans earning more than $250,000, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) cut to the chase.
Republicans “have chosen millionaires over the middle class,” said Hoyer, comparing the $160,000 tax cut “for those wealthier Americans” to “the $2,200 cut that we have proposed for middle-class Americans.” Never mind that first, the House proposal also would extend the cuts for middle-class Americans, and second, this is an extension, not a cut — no, you won’t be paying $2,200 less in taxes, and you’re not getting a $2,200 check in the mail from Barack Obama’s stash.
Obama in a rare moment of honesty #2200dollars pic.twitter.com/yjhzlyzH
— gary grams (A) (@garygramscom) August 3, 2012
#2200dollars Fact, it's not a tax cut…it's extending the current tax rate. You're such a swell guy for not raising taxes Obama
— Fred Wimpy (@fredwimpy) August 2, 2012
Obama: the only person dumb enough to believe the middle class has to PAY for an extension of Bush tax cuts. Try learning math. #2200dollars
— Casey (@space_case12) August 2, 2012
Judging from posts on the #2200dollars hashtag, Obama has people believing they're going 2 be getting a fat check in the mail #BigSurprise
— Notta Sheep ?? (@NottaSheep) August 3, 2012
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The gimmie gimmie ppl are thinking they will be getting a fat #2200dollars guberment check. NOT you losers
— ???????? (@allenknox) August 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/PBeliefs/status/231192306626228225
Argue the semantics all you like, naysayers — it sure would be nice to have an extra $2,200, though, wouldn’t it? What are you going to do with yours?
If President @BarackObama gave me #2200dollars in "tax cuts" I'd donate it to @MittRomney's campaign to restart the economy.
— Caleb Beaty (@calebbeaty) August 2, 2012
https://twitter.com/DustinMoody/status/231155936658616320
Hey @BarackObama #2200dollars is .0004% of what you bet on Solyndra…. And lost! But props for the hashtag
— Mav. Forensic Genius (@TheMaverick21) August 3, 2012
Is this the same #2200dollars that Obama will fine every citizen who doesn't purchase healthcare?
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) August 2, 2012
#2200dollars would pay the interest on the US national debt for 1/8th of a second. Of course, it be even shorter next year. #BBCNews
— Ⓑritain Ⓑattles Ⓒovid (@BBCPropaganda) August 2, 2012
#2200dollars wouldn't cover the additional money I have to pay for food and groceries.
— CynicOwl (@SthrnFriedYankE) August 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/TheAngieNC2/status/231194112580259840
https://twitter.com/izzyjsmom/status/231195459220291585
I understand you'll get your #2200dollars after obismal saves you that 8000 in gas he promised.
— gary grams (A) (@garygramscom) August 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/Revenant0101/status/231204716300877824
https://twitter.com/PennyCLewis/status/231200491248427008
https://twitter.com/QualityRich/status/231198481610600448
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