[OFFICIAL] 2015 USMB STATE OF THE UNION

Obama Tax Hike on College Savings Plans Breaks Middle Class Tax Pledge

Americans for Tax Reform ^
Tonight, in his State of the Union address, President Obama will propose a series of tax increases on the American people. One of these tax increases is indisputably an income tax hike on middle class families with children. Under Obama’s plan, earnings in “Section 529” (named for its location in the Internal Revenue Code) college savings plans will face full income taxation upon withdrawal. Under current law, earnings growth in 529 plans is tax-free if account distributions are used to pay for college tuition and fees. The Obama plan will tax earnings in these accounts even if they are used...
 
I wish they wouldn't release the speech text prior to the actual speech.
 
Talk about childish behavior from the arrogant POTUS!

White House Drops ‘News’ from Fox News Placeguards at State of the Union Lunch

National Review Online ^
It was a subtler snub than the Obama administration’s 2009 claim that Fox News was “a wing of the Republican party.” But that didn’t stop Fox anchor Shepard Smith from calling out the White House for slighting the news network at Tuesday’s State of the Union lunch. Smith spent much of his on-air news hour waxing poetic about the lunch, which President Obama held in order to lay out his policy proposals before a small group of influential news anchors. But at the end of his broadcast, the Fox anchor pointed out a minor — but almost certainly intentional —...
 

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