Barack Obama: “I continue to believe that extending permanently the upper income tax…”

On the recordNovember 11, 2010

I continue to believe that extending permanently the upper income tax cuts would be a mistake and that we can't afford it.

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Obama expresses his stance against permanently extending tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Barack Obama: “I continue to believe that extending permanently the upper income tax cuts would be a mistake and that we can't afford…”