Originally Posted by flstf

So instead of increasing their taxes directly he signed a bill that taxes a product which will result in 90% of the funding coming from the middle class and lower income groups. At the very least this does not seem to follow the spirit of his no tax increases on the lower income groups. This does not seem like the Obama we heard on the campaign. I don't understand why he did not require/insist that they fund this bill with money from the higher income groups. I did not believe McCain and the Republicans during the campaign when they warned the middle class that he would raise their taxes.