Obama to unilaterally raise taxes (L)

[Originalist]

Right after his executive order on amnesty, President Obama was asked by a reporter if he could raise taxes through executive unilaterally. Obama laughed out loud and replied, "Of course not!!"
Well, apparently he now thinks he can. We have not seen even the tip of the ice berg friends.



http://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncar...ction-n1964629

[Jito463]

Hail to the Dictator-In-Chief. All bow before the Dear Leader. Those who do not bow will receive 30 lashes.

All we can do is pray that God gets that man out of office ASAP.

[Jermyn Davidson]

"Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Friday identifying a number of executive actions he believes the IRS could take, without any input from Congress, that would close loopholes currently used by corporations."

The above quote is from the article.

This is very different from Obama unilaterally raising taxes! Not only that, but the actions in question target corporations, not individual people.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

"Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Friday identifying a number of executive actions he believes the IRS could take, without any input from Congress, that would close loopholes currently used by corporations."

The above quote is from the article.

This is very different from Obama unilaterally raising taxes! Not only that, but the actions in question target corporations, not individual people.

The Press Secretary said Obama was interested. In case you have not noticed, the federal departments do the President's bidding. Either way, you do not seem to have any concern that we have entered the post-constitutional era.

[Carl]

Originally Posted by Originalist

The Press Secretary said Obama was interested. In case you have not noticed, the federal departments due the President's bidding. Either way, you do not seem to have any concern that we have entered the post-constitutional era.

And republicans have expressed a desire to close loopholes as part of a tax-law revision; done the right way through the legislative process. The administration is willing to raise revenues but not cut spending through the use of the President's powerful pen. The democrats always want to have more to spend.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Originalist

The Press Secretary said Obama was interested. In case you have not noticed, the federal departments due the President's bidding. Either way, you do not seem to have any concern that we have entered the post-constitutional era.

Interested in closing tax law loopholes that affect corporations...

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Carl

And republicans have expressed a desire to close loopholes as part of a tax-law revision; done the right way through the legislative process.

Let's see if the House and the Senate can get their act together to get anything done.

So far they seem incapable of doing anything without a whole lot of unnecessary political drama.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Let's see if the House and the Senate can get their act together to get anything done.

So far they seem incapable of doing anything without a whole lot of unnecessary political drama.

Oh you mean like the Dems filibustering everything in the Senate? Harry Reid still controls the Senate. As Majority Leader he didn't allow votes. As Minority Leader he still won't allow votes. The GOP are a bunch of wimps.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Interested in closing tax law loopholes that affect corporations...

And I'm sure you can cite where the Constitution gives the President authority to do that.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Originalist

And I'm sure you can cite where the Constitution gives the President authority to do that.

That was the point of SENATOR SANDERS bringing that up to the President.

He suggests the President can use executive actions to close the loopholes. The Constitution gives the President the power of executive action.