President Obama talks taxes, fiscal cliff and Petraeus in postelection news ...
President Barack Obama says he will not agree to any budget deal that extends current tax rates for the wealthiest taxpayers and says their rates should rise to help raise revenue.www.deseretnews.com
Obama's opening bid: $1.6 trillion in taxes
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- To the extent that anything is clear about the fiscal cliff negotiations that begin this week, it's this: President Obama will push to increase taxes on the rich. And his starting position, according to White House spokesman Jay ...money.cnn.com
News conference: Obama talks about Petraeus, taxes
2012 - President Obama took questions from reporters Wednesday in his first full-scale news conference since March. Obama made his first comments on the widening scandal that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, plus addressed ...www.usatoday.com
What Obama said—and didn't say—about tax cuts at today's press conference
2:27 pm: One reporter pointed out that Obama had agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts in 2010, asking why we should expect to ask any differently this time around.www.washingtonpost.com
Obama meets with big business to plot small-business tax hikes
Today, President Obama will meet with the leaders of a dozen of America's largest companies to discuss solutions to the federal debt crisis.dailycaller.com
President Obama: Tax cuts at the top of his agenda
WASHINGTON, November 12, 2012 - President Obama had a decisive win on November 6, no doubt about that, taking 332 electoral votes (270 needed to win) to Mitt Romney's 206 and winning 51 percent of the vote to Romney's 48 percent.communities.washingtontimes.com
President Obama: US can't afford across-the-board tax hike
President Barack Obama says he will not agree to any budget deal that extends current tax rates for the wealthiest taxpayers and says their rates should rise to help raise revenue.www.waow.com
Wonkbook: Obama's $1.6 trillion opening bid
That's President Obama's opening bid for the amount he wants to raise more in tax revenues on corporations and the wealthy over the next decade, according to a story by Zachary A. Goldfarb and Lori Montgomery in The Washington Post.www.washingtonpost.com
Obama Starts "Fiscal Cliff" Negotiations With Pitch to Raise $1.6 Trillion in ...
President Obama is taking a tough opening stance in talks over deficit reduction, pushing Republicans to accept a plan that calls for $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue over the next ten years, according to reports. The figure is double the $800 billion ...www.alternet.org
First Thoughts: Previewing the president's presser
Previewing the president's 1:30 pm ET news conference… Obama's two promises to the left: 1) $1.6 trillion starting position on revenue, 2) decoupling the Bush tax cuts… The GOP's red line: It doesn't want tax RATES to go up… Decision Day on Capitol ...firstread.nbcnews.com
Obama says he's seen o evidence of security breach in scandal
WASHINGTON - President Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA director and top military commander in Afghanistan.www.registerguard.com
KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - Labor Heads: President ...
Labor leaders say President Barack Obama remains committed to preserving tax cuts for middle class families and ensuring that the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes. The leaders of labor unions met with Obama Tuesday to discuss ways of averting the ...www.ktvn.com
Labor Leaders Have Obama's Back, and Are Ready to Help
Having helped President Obama win re-election, labor leaders will meet with him on Tuesday and intend to offer their robust support for what they view as his mandate: stand tough against cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and keep pushing ...www.nytimes.com
Obama Sets Steep Tax Target
President Barack Obama will begin budget negotiations with congressional leaders Friday by calling for $1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue over the next decade, far more than Republicans are likely to accept and double the $800 billion discussed in ...online.wsj.com
Obama, Congress to wrangle over budget, taxes, entitlements
The president could support tax reform -- that is, closing loopholes, raising taxes at the higher income levels and perhaps cutting others.www.vcstar.com
Tax the Young!
Supporters of President Obama at the White House on Election Night 2012. This year's 29-year-old voter was born in 1983.online.wsj.com
President Obama's Brand New Tax Plan That's a Year Old
Back in 2011, when President Obama was negotiating with John Boehner over extension of the debt ceiling, he offered up a deal that included $800 billion in tax increases (over ten years). While Boehner was waffling, a bipartisan committee produced a ...www.motherjones.com
Obama to open talks with $1.6 trillion plan to raise taxes on corporations ...
President Obama is taking a hard line with congressional Republicans heading into negotiations over the year-end "fiscal cliff," making no opening concessions and calling for far more in new taxes than Republicans have so far been willing to consider.www.washingtonpost.com
Labor leaders reaffirm tax position with Obama
2012 - WASHINGTON - Labor leaders said Tuesday that they are certain President Obama remains on the same page as they are on tax policy as he gets set to begin difficult negotiations with GOP lawmakers on cutting the deficit. Obama met with a dozen ...www.usatoday.com
President Obama Wasn't Joking on the Campaign Trail
But what I'm not going to do is extend Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we can't afford, and according to economists will have the least impact on our economy," Obama said in a press conference. Arguably the biggest question that has loomed ...www.thestreet.com
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