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Obama: We raised taxes, but the rich still aren’t paying their fair share

January 2, 2013 | 7:27 pm | Modified: January 3, 2013 at 11:45 am
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President Obama cut a video, distributed by his reelection, to reiterate his belief that the wealthiest Americans still aren’t paying their “fair share” of taxes and to outline a second-term agenda ranging from environmental policy to gun control.

Obama started by celebrating the tax increases — “making our tax code more progressive than it’s been in decades,” he said — that will take place because of the fiscal cliff deal.

“Obviously, there is still more to do when it comes to reducing our debt,” Obama said in the video. “And I’m willing to do more, as long as we do it in a balanced way that doesn’t put all the burden on seniors or students or middle class families, but also asks the wealthiest Americans to contribute and pay their fair share.”

Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii, cut the video for his campaign list. “President Obama recorded a video to update supporters like you on what’s in the agreement and what it means for you,” Obama for America campaign manager Jim Messina said in an email today. “As we address our ongoing fiscal challenges, the President will do exactly what he said he would on the campaign trail — working for the middle class and all those fighting to get into it, and building an economy from the middle out, not the top down.”

And the president made clear that he’s trying to keep his campaign base mobilized. “I know many of you devoted much of this year to our campaign — and I want you to know how grateful I am for that,” Obama told his campaign. “But I hope you stay involved, because just like four years ago, winning an election won’t bring about the change we seek on it’s own. It only gives us the chance to make that change. What we fought for in 2012, we’ve got to fight just as hard for in 2013.”

 

 

 

 

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