Obama responded by reiterating his opposition to tax hikes during a recession and making an argument about timing. “We have not proposed a tax hike for the wealthy that would take effect in the middle of a recession. Even the proposals that have come out of Congress – which by the way were different from the proposals I put forward – still wouldn’t kick in until after the recession was over. So he’s absolutely right, the last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession because that would just suck up – take more demand out of the economy and put business further in a hole.”He was completely right. Perhaps he wants tax increases now because the recession is over. Is that the situation? The recession is over? How encouraging!
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Obama on Tax Hikes During a Recession
The July 11, 2011 Weekly Standard has an amusing quote from Obama from two years ago:
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