The Discretion of the President to Plan Cuts Under Debate

The Discretion of the President to Plan Cuts Under Debate

President Barack Obama has been pretty vocal about the effect that automatic budget cuts are going to have. These warnings are getting increasingly ominous from the President and the Congressional Republicans are preparing to counter these warnings as far as possible. Basically the Congressional Republicans are looking to aid the administration with more flexibility and that too in instituting the 85 billion dollars worth of cuts. They believe and have said that this one proposal could actually serve the vital purpose of shielding the most important programs. This should be … Read the rest

President Obama And The Fiscal Cliff Deal

President Obama has left out certain important aspects of the fiscal cliff deal, in a video broadcast on the Web. This could give a wrong impression of the deal’s impact on the deficit and taxpayers

President Obama seems to be boasting that families coming under the middle-class category will not be paying more than $2000 extra as taxes during the year. This is correct for taxes on income; however, the President fails to mention, that there is allowance in the deal for the cut on payroll taxes to expire. More taxes will be paid this year by 77% … Read the rest

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