• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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      10 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

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        10 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.

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          10 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 😉

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      10 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.