You're watching his poll numbers DROP. Originally his "popularity" opinion poll based on "likeability" alone was in the high 70's. When pollsters are asked about his "policies" versus his "likeability"--it's a much different story.
In fact right now 51% of Americans do not like his handeling of the budget deficit--& all this government spending. That's a negative for him.
Wait until they get their tax bill to pay for all of this spending. It's coming--NO ONE is going to escape higher taxes.
there certainly is a deficit between what he does and "who he is." If he increases taxes, he will wait until his second term, but not necessarily by percentage, but rather additional taxes. I have heard horror stories like taxing your 401k every year and getting rid of the interest tax write-off on mortgages.
Obama is defintely following the Carter administration. Jimmy promised no higher taxes too. What he did was dramactically lower the amount of mortgage interest that "everyone" could deduct from their mortgages resulting in HUGE tax hike to middle & lower income earners.
The massive spending the government is doing right now--actually borrowing 50 cents on every dollar they spends dictates that Obama is going to do much more to raise taxes that Carter did.
The democrat party will go after everything--with the exception of raising income taxes on lower incomes. This so Obama can come back in 4 years & state he kept his promise. But in reality--there is no doubt in my mind that if these idiots that voted for him--add up all their tax liability--these dummies will eventually realise that they are paying much more in taxes overall--that they ever did previously.
The Bush tax cuts are to expire next year--which will be a major slam to the middle class.
It's the old "bait & switch" routine that the Democrat party has done for decades. The only democrat President that gave a massive tax cut was JFK. Ever since then they are the party of big pork, big earmarks, big spending & big taxes.
