Presidential candidates have historically been lambasted for breaking major campaign promises, even if nuances are present. President Obama, as part of his campaign platform ruled out raising taxes on “the middle class”. His definition was that no new taxes would be levied upon people making less than $250,000 – an estimate 95% of working people. I won’t bother to cite references as it was broadcast everywhere. Those who supported him touted that and those that opposed him questioned how he was to fund a number of large programs. He was debated on the topic and stuck to his guns that he won’t raise taxes against people meeting these qualifications.

Fast forward to this past weekend and we have Treasury Secretary Geithner who was directly asked on ABC’s “This Week” (kudos to the reporter for being so simple and frank) if it’s a matter of when no if taxes would be raised [on the middle class – as the discussion circled around that issue]. His response: “It is absolutely right.”

The administration is hiding behind the defense that raising taxes is imperative to reduce the deficits. We’ve covered this before – Bush left office with somewhere between a $1.2 and $1.9T deficit – it depends on what you include in the number. Some estimates of Obama’s deficit forecast closes in on $10T. After you get past all the spin, the five-fold increase is largely due to programs that the Obama administration has launched. Everything from the Cap & Trade bill to the Stimulus bill to the upcoming Healthcare bill. Instead of spending and then declaring that the government needs more money to rein in deficits, how about NOT spending and therefore not overspending as much as you’re doing now?

There isn’t much left to Obama’s campaign platform that he hasn’t broken or twisted now that he’s in office – so is he who you voted for (if you did) last fall? A growing number of Americans are saying “nope.” I wonder if the administration can eke out any more past taxes due from their own staff?

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