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    Obama asks public to push Congress on tax cuts

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is turning to the American people for help in pushing Congress to extend a payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of February.

    The White House says the average family would lose about $40 per paycheck if the cuts are not renewed. Obama will make a statement Tuesday in an appearance at the White House Tuesday with people who wrote in on social media sites about what $40 means to them.

    The White House held a similar event in December as Congress struggled to prevent the cuts from expiring. Lawmakers eventually reached a short-term deal to extend the tax cuts for two months.

    Negotiations on another extension have faltered, though House Republicans say they are willing to extend cuts through the end of the year.

     

    96 comments

    • Sagginmore  •  3 mths ago
      What riders will be on that bill this time around?
      • JL 3 mths ago
        Well, the last time we had this discussion, Republicans tacked on Keystone and cuts to unemployment. They also wanted to reduce federal employment by 10%. Who knows?
      • DAWG 3 mths ago
        Maybe WINONA????
    • D'Man  •  3 mths ago
      I ask the public to push Obama out of America...he wants nothing more than to make America a 3rd world Muslim nation.
      • JL 3 mths ago
        Citation needed.
      • Taxpayer 3 mths ago
        @JL: Citation: Open your eyes and look at America under Odummer.
    • wild  •  Anoka, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      the only way for oblama to quit crying wolf when he cant get his way, is to vote him out in 2012
      • JL 3 mths ago
        How is he crying wolf? Specifically...
      • hams 3 mths ago
        and which of the GOP members of the party of NO would you like to see lead us
      • wild 3 mths ago
        @ JL...are you really that stupid, he cries all the time to the american people when he doesnt get his way on legislation. how many bills has dingy harry shelved with no votes or even discussion on them.
    • كافر  •  Houston, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      Beware the false flag/Iran event coming this fall. It is the only hope 0 has for re-election.
    • كافر  •  Houston, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      Mohamed has blessed us with one of our own.
    • kevinh  •  Warren, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      the whole social security ponzi scheme is getting ready to crash, and this fool just took more money out of program.
    • Perry  •  3 mths ago
      How can it be all bush's fault we are in the mess because of tax cuts when obama is pushing tax cuts?
      • JL 3 mths ago
        A tax cut isn't the same thing as the Bush tax cuts. The Bush tax cuts (in actuality) adds much more to the deficit than the payroll tax cuts discussed in the above article.
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        JL. So, because GW tax cuts were bigger than Obama's, that makes them good? Seems any tax cut that requires the US to borrow money is bad. ANY tax cut... Democrat or Republican.
      • JL 3 mths ago
        @Michael: You've assigned value to my statement. I'm simply stating the obvious: not all tax cuts are weighted equally.

        The payroll tax cut will be paid for. The Bush tax cuts never were. That is key to understanding why Perry doesn't fathom the rhetoric regarding the pay roll tax cuts. The Bush tax cuts added to the deficit. They weren't paid for.

        When President Obama is pushing the payroll tax cut - he is pushing something that will not contribute anything to the deficit.

        Now, the payroll tax cut has been proposed to be paid for using one of the two methods below:

        1). Democrats would like to add a tax surcharge to millionaires (even after the surcharge - millionaires would still be taxed at one of the historically lowest rate they've seen).
        2). Republicans would like to eliminate 10% of the federal jobs and freezing federal wages.
    • XX  •  3 mths ago
      All you young folks remember any of the "Fram Oil Filter" TV ads?
      "You can pay me now or pay me later"....was the main line in the ads.
      Well, you can kiss your Social Security benefits good-bye with Obama stealing 160 Billion a year from the S.S. Funds!!!
      • itsmeinyukonok 3 mths ago
        But He says He's going to pay for it with other revenue..Don't you believe Him?? hahahahahaha..Believe HIM, I crack myself up.
      • JL 3 mths ago
        Not paid for by SS.

        Seriously? How are all of you guys sold on the same lie? Clearly your news source is misleading you.
      • gayle 3 mths ago
        JL, what's your point?? This so-called tax cut is the money that you would pay into Social Security, in the hopes that there might be some left for you, when you retire(if you work???). Obama is taking funds away from Social Security. Get a brain!
    • james  •  3 mths ago
      This site should be named "obama" instead of "yahoo", almost every so called big story is about obama, its amazing just how "left wing, pinko, commie, socialist dimocratic this site really is, they should the dimocrats should have to pay yahoo for all this coverage, isn't this type of advertisement against the law in political advertisement or not, damned if i know, but, the dims are receiving a lot of free political ads.......
    • Pete  •  3 mths ago
      Like drug pushers?
    • Dvd  •  3 mths ago
      Obama Alinsky has got to go,take your class warfare back to Chicago!
    • paul m.  •  3 mths ago
      $40 a paycheck might not be that big a deal to the extreme wealthy politicians, but to some, that money will put groceries on the table. look out for the majority, not just the wealthy. the wealthy are a very very small percentage to cater to.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 mths ago
      Impeach Kathleen Sibilius
    • Save America  •  3 mths ago
      That Obama for ya .Trying to stir up more problems & Then blame evrey one else
    • Beads Underfoot  •  3 mths ago
      NO!!NO!! Both parties have "borrowed" money from the social security fund over the years, and it is time to pay it back. The large voting block Baby Boomer generation is entering retirement, and that massive voting block will toss out EITHER party that touches social security or medicare. Boomers paid for it, we consider it our personal property, and no one can be allowed to change the rules after the fact, it is breach of contract. We are supposed to be a nation of laws...which includes contracts doesn't it?
    • George C  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      yahoo sTOPING free speech !!!!!!!!!!!!!! - help our poor PASS E-VERIFY - 100 SENATORS
    • dtm  •  3 mths ago
      Same crap from his mouth over and over.......give it a rest. Everyone can see right through your ploy.
      How about asking us to push Reid and his Democratic Senate to pass a budget. It's been three years already! How come no urgency call on your do-nothing Senate, Obama?!!!!!!
    • cuznvinny  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      this maniac needs to go ASAP........................
    • Jed  •  3 mths ago
      He wants to collapse Social Security! This is NOT the tax to be cutting. It funds SS. Plenty of other areas need DRASTIC cuts. Fraud is rampant and he never mentions it. Funny.
    • Liberty  •  3 mths ago
      And the majority of America is joining together to push this Socialist buffoon out come next November. Obummer continues to ignore our Constitution and the will of Main Street America.
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