Obama - Big Fat Liar, Pants on Fire

Did you honestly think he was telling the truth? Did any of us really think he was telling the truth when he said our taxes would not go up? I know it then that he was telling a BIG lie. I knew it come back to bite him in the butt too. There is no way we can pay for all these social programs and the national debt without it. Someone has to pay for our governments run away spending....that would be us.

I was checking in how much us Canadians were paying to get our public medical insurance and how much you Americans were paying before and we were paying only a little more then 10 percent ahead of you. I am afraid that with the taxes that Obama wants now, that you will surpass us. And our capital gains tax is only a little less then our regular tax so really there is not that much benefit. We do get property tax grants, but watch what happens when we upgrade our property, we have to pay more. I sort of believe that Obama is a communist in disguise and he wants to discourage private ownership except to a few of his minions.

I'm confused as to how it's Obama's fault that your property taxes have increased in Georgia. I don't blame you for being mad especially since the wealthiest 1 percent is AGAIN getting the benefits while the lower and middle class get to pay the bill but isn't that the fault of your state or local government? I know a big portion of our property taxes in Pennsylvania are for our schools so some districts have much lower or higher taxes than others. However, since they finally allowed gambling in our state everyone's taxes have been or will be reduced. I won't pretend to know a whole lot about Georgia politics but isn't it a hugely Republican state? That's why I'm not surprised that any tax cuts would benefit the rich. Annie

[b]I have a cousin who is caught in Obama's property tax gears. He explained it to me, but it was too complex for my brain to grasp, frankly, & one side effect of it is he can't develop it or live on it or sell it--he just gets to pay huuuuge taxes on this land he bought some time ago! Man! We're going to have to fight hard not to go under as a nation with the lot in power now! Maggiepie "OBAMA IS AN 'UNDOCUMENTED WORKER!'"[/b]

Heather- This is the issue that so many in America simply do not understand. In order to bring in revenue it has to come from somewhere. It either comes from higher taxes, or we cut much needed programs. It's an issue I hear quite a bit about as a teacher. One of the problems many districts face is when the community they are in becomes more elderly. The elderly feel they have done their service, paid their dues, so they do not want to see a slight property tax increase that would benefit the local schools. They feel their kids have already gone to school so why should they pay. The problem with this logic is that it takes a community to have a community. Schools depend upon the raises in property taxes to run. That is just something that goes along with public education. I agree that very rich persons should be paying much higher taxes then the middle man, but I also think that logically if everyone paid let us hypothetically say 10% for taxes it would all work out. 10% of your income or mine would be fair for us, and 10% of a rich person's income would still be more monies then we contribute. Thus making it fair for all involved. I would hope that people would lean toward being compassionate and if they have extra wealth that they would share it by investing in the community they reside in. Now, I do not own, I rent but each year I am given a rebate from the state government for the property tax I pay as a part of my rental agreement. I feel that is fair enough. I did vote for the last property tax increase because the monies were ear marked for the local school here and they need the funds to continue to run. Namaste-Anora

The thing is Obama said all of this he just did it with a lot of sly language that was written to trick the mind into thinking what he wanted to do was good. So many people didn't want to listen to the folks asking where all the money for these programs would come from. I think what is worse is that programs that made little sense or that were made to trick the public have not only gone through but failed the public miserable.

Not sure about capitol gain as I have no cds or anything like that but yup my house taxes went up about$150 here back in July I think when they came oout sid that we have a 3% cap I also was wondering like who has the cap we sure aint millionaires!

Believe me that it pains me to find myself defending Obama, but he has nothing to do with your property taxes. Yes, he is breaking his promise with other federal taxes, but your example has nothing to do with the federal government or Obama.

let me tell ya something about Georgia, i lived in florida and when i got cancer i went to EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL outside Atlanta for 2 years, WHEN ON DISABILITY i tried getting a cut in taxes for being disabled ,they told me in no uncertain terms i could drag myself in clutching an oxygen bottle and they weren't giving me nothing and my property and state taxes are going up, GET LOST . WELL F THEM i moved back to florida where i pay NO state taxes and get better treatment , ELECTING SONNY WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE GEORGIA COULD HAVE MADE, TALK ABOUT A CORRUPT STATE THEIR THE WORST.

I don't see how it's Obama's fault what the state's choose to do at the state level nor how it is that he has any control over state budget decisions. Here in Florida our property taxes went through the roof as real estate values skyrocketed...long before Obama took office. In direct opposition to what you have experienced, Florida adopted a property tax rollback which has reduced the property tax obligation of long time permanent residents. We have many property tax exemptions available, some of which have increased as far as I know, and none that have been removed. New and part-time residents of the state cannot take advantage of the rollback tax rates and pay the current rate. Since state budgets are decided in advance, even if the recession did a major turn around tomorrow, that wouldn't automatically translate in lower local taxes next year or the year after.