Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The "Obama Scam of the Day" Extension of the Bush Tax Cuts

President Obama has heralded his extension of the Bush Tax Cuts, saying it would apply to workers making under $250,000. What he hasn't explained is that the extension will reduce the take home pay of most taxpayers $1,200. Let's take a look under the hood to find the scam that he's playing on his 'base.'

Bruce Krasting has written a blog post "Obama's Middle Class Tax Scam" that drills down on all the numbers. Here's the 'set-up:'

"The extension of the tax cut for those earning under $250k will have a cost of $150B according to the White House."

Here's the 'con:'

""The President’s proposal appears to be “tax progressive” in that it benefits workers on the middle to lower end of incomes. The plan is clearly designed to get some votes in the key political states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Who knows? Maybe some suckers will actually cast a vote for Obama as they think he’s standing up for those on the lower rungs of the income profile. Baloney!

What the President didn’t say in his speech yesterday is far more important than what he did say. He did not say word one about the 2% Social Security tax break that has been on the books the past few years. What this means is that the FICA tax break is going to expire. When it does, every worker’s paycheck is going to get hit by 2%.

In the 2012 Social Security Trust Fund report to Congress the Trustees estimated that total FICA (SS taxes) would amount to $733.4B in 2013. The 2% increase in FICA taxes in 2013 will increase workers tax load by $120B. Therefore the combined effect of extending the sub-250k tax cut and the increase in FICA comes to a paltry $30B.""

Finally, here's the 'sting:'

"Even worse is the way in which the increase in FICA taxes will be felt by workers making $60K or less. (The average annual wage in the US is $42,000). Households in the lower tax brackets will not get much benefit from extending the Bush tax cuts, but they will, on average, see their take home pay reduced by $1,200 a year.

The President’s tax proposal is a half-assed compromise. It is not progressive. It does nothing for the economy ($30b is chump change). If workers earning an annual income close to the average understood how this tax proposal would work out for them, they would reject it. I find it interesting that Obama is selling his plan as a middle class tax cut that aids small businessmen when in fact it is a lower-income tax increase that has no beneficial consequences to the economy."


And there you have it folks, as Krasting says; "The President’s tax plan was just a show pony to get some votes. It does not have a snow ball’s chance in hell of passing. *** The net effect will be that there is no real improvement in the deficit, nor will there be any meaningful stimulus to the economy from the fiscal side." Sounds exactly like what a desperate socialist President would resort to, to 'rustle up' some votes. Ever fell like this man under the Obama regime?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://images.sodahead.com/blogs/000320719/ObamaYesWeScam_xlarge.jpeg

Anonymous said...

Wait til the ObamaTax healthcare bill kicks in as well. Then the Obama middle and low income fans will feel the pain.

Anonymous said...

Love that pic! anon; leighrow, we ain't seen nothing yet. The GM debacle was the warm up. I'm from Chicago too & I know the 'cons.' Here's a look back at how one plays the 'mark.' As always, nothing new under the sun. ;)

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