Wednesday
Apr142010
Bachmann: Tax Day? More Like 'April Fools' Day
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 5:35PM
By Sofia Sanchez
University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
On the eve of Tax Day, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called then-candidate Barack Obama's campaign pledge to not raise taxes on Americans an 'April Fools' joke.
“One piece of legislation we may want to be considering is combining April Fools Day with April 15th,” said Bachmann during a meeting with a handful of House Republicans and tax reform advocates on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
According to the much-maligned conservative, the American people were "fooled" by the Obama administration and House Democrats with their promises of no tax increases for families making under $250,000 a year.
The group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) put out a statement saying that “Obamacare” is taxing American families that make under the set income of exclusion from tax hikes with seven violations.
Some of these tax increases include the medicine cabinet tax, which exempts Americans from using health savings accounts (HSA), as well as health reimbursement (HRA) and flexible spending accounts (FSA). Also, the group claims taxing Americans who use indoor tanning salons is also in violation of the earlier pledge.
“We were told that if we passed health care reform we’re going to save boat loads of money...how ironic in saving trillions of dollars we have to increase taxes trillions of dollars in order to quote ‘save that money’,” said Bachmann.
University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
On the eve of Tax Day, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called then-candidate Barack Obama's campaign pledge to not raise taxes on Americans an 'April Fools' joke.
“One piece of legislation we may want to be considering is combining April Fools Day with April 15th,” said Bachmann during a meeting with a handful of House Republicans and tax reform advocates on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
According to the much-maligned conservative, the American people were "fooled" by the Obama administration and House Democrats with their promises of no tax increases for families making under $250,000 a year.
The group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) put out a statement saying that “Obamacare” is taxing American families that make under the set income of exclusion from tax hikes with seven violations.
Some of these tax increases include the medicine cabinet tax, which exempts Americans from using health savings accounts (HSA), as well as health reimbursement (HRA) and flexible spending accounts (FSA). Also, the group claims taxing Americans who use indoor tanning salons is also in violation of the earlier pledge.
“We were told that if we passed health care reform we’re going to save boat loads of money...how ironic in saving trillions of dollars we have to increase taxes trillions of dollars in order to quote ‘save that money’,” said Bachmann.
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