• FlashMobOfOne
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    -1211 months ago

    Remember when Obama’s government made the Bush Tax Cuts permanent?

    • fmstrat
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      2511 months ago

      Cherry picking probably won’t work on Lemmy:

      Obama overcame the sunset provisions and made the tax cuts permanent for single people earning less than $400,000 per year and couples making less than $450,000 per year, but did not stop the sunset provisions from applying to higher incomes, under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_tax_cuts

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        211 months ago

        I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks for the info.

        Also, let’s not pretend that there isn’t more to criticize here. Obama governed as a conservative.

        • fmstrat
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          711 months ago

          Oh I’m happy to criticize or congratulate anyone who makes a poor or good decision. It will be my opinion, of course 😉

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      Congress, while Obama was President, made the tax cuts for poor and middle class people permanent. The tax cuts for the rich were always permanent.

    • @kofe
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      111 months ago

      What year?

      • fmstrat
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        211 months ago

        2012, but not for incomes over $400/450K.

        • @kofe
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          211 months ago

          Ah, so when Republicans had control of Congress?