Obama, Rich Can Afford To Give Back A Little Bit More

"It's a basic reflection of our belief that those who benefited most from our way of life can afford to give back a little bit more. Moreover, this belief hasn't hindered the success of those at the top of the income scale, they continue to do better and better with each passing year," President Obama said at an address about the budget at George Washington University.

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A Democrat Who Isnt Afraid to Say RAISE TAXES

Finally, a Democrat who isn't afraid to speak up- RAISE TAXES! Wish more Democrats had the kahuna to be more open minded like her and speak from the heart!

(The Blaze) On his Fox News show this afternoon, Neil Cavuto spoke–spiritedly–with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) about the deficit.

For a sense of how animated their debate was, consider this exchange:

Cavuto: “We’re going to hell in a hand basket”

Johnson: “I think you’re already there!”

In their must-watch seven-minute debate, you really get a sense of the conservative position (we’re broke!) versus the liberal position (raise taxes to keep spending!).

As Cavuto repeated his mantra throughout the interview–we’re broke, broke, broke, broke, broke–Johnson managed to get her two cents in, saying:

You know what? Your problem is, you just don’t listen. You just scream and you’re screaming the same thing these fools are screaming here. We’ve got to have innovation.

She went on, “We’ve got to still have vision, we’ve got to still have research…we still got to educate our young people.” If the cuts to spending are too deep, we’ll have “no education, no innovation, no health care–seniors will be out of nursing home,” she concluded.

We need to INVEST! she said.

“We don’t have money to invest,” Cavuto responded wryly.

Well it’s easy enough to get it, says the congresswoman: Raise taxes!

A new Democratic threat to health care law

We don't need charity from these moderate Democrats. We want them out of office. Their insincere gesture is for political expediency.

Politico) A handful of moderate Senate Democrats are looking for ways to roll back the highly contentious individual mandate — the pillar of President Barack Obama’s health care law — a sign that red-state senators are prepared to assert their independence ahead of the 2012 elections.

They haven’t decided whether to propose legislation, but any effort by moderate Democrats that takes aim at the individual mandate could embarrass Obama and embolden Republicans who are still maneuvering to take down the health care law.

And it’s not just health care. The senators are prepared to break with the White House on a wide range of issues: embracing deeper spending cuts, scaling back business regulations and overhauling environmental rules. The moderates most likely to buck their party include Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana — all of whom are up for reelection in 2012 and represent states Obama lost in 2008.

The State of the Union is Full of Empty Promises

From (HotAir), they gave some important highlights from the SOTU. CBS poll showed that 44% who watch the SOTU were Democrats and 25% Republicans. It was a good speech, but it was 2 years too late. Obama gave some good ideas, but not enough to improve jobs and the economy. With 14 trillion in debt, a weakened dollar, and very high unemployment, the most important fix is to end wasteful spending and fix the tax system, which is almost impossible.

Highlights:

So tonight, I’m asking Democrats and Republicans to simplify the system. Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field. And use the savings to lower the corporate tax rate for the first time in 25 years – without adding to our deficit.

Now, I’ve heard rumors that a few of you have some concerns about the new health care law. So let me be the first to say that anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you. We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses

But now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in. That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same.

So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years. This would reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, and will bring discretionary spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.

The bipartisan Fiscal Commission I created last year made this crystal clear. I don’t agree with all their proposals, but they made important progress. And their conclusion is that the only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it – in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes.

This means further reducing health care costs, including programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are the single biggest contributor to our long-term deficit. Health insurance reform will slow these rising costs, which is part of why nonpartisan economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit. Still, I’m willing to look at other ideas to bring down costs, including one that Republicans suggested last year: medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits.

To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. And we must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable, or people with disabilities; without slashing benefits for future generations; and without subjecting Americans’ guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market.