NEWSTALK 860 » budget deficit http://ksfa860.com Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 President Obama Reveals $3 Trillion Plan to Cut the Deficit [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-cut-deficit-video/ http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-cut-deficit-video/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:30:54 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=47468 In a speech given from the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President Obama proposed a $3 trillion plan to cut the deficit, with half of that amount covered by increased taxes on the wealthy and another $800 million financed by letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire.

“If we are going to make spending cuts… then it is only right we ask everyone to pay their fair share … We can’t afford these special lower rates for the wealthy. We can’t afford them when we are running these big deficits,” he said.

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