Understands Message Sent By Voters – Doubtful For Obama

Barack Obama is calling his meeting with congressional Republicans "a good start" on efforts to work more closely to resolve differences over taxes, budget and national security.  He said he believes all the leaders present understand that the people sent a message in the elections that they want more results, not gridlock or unyielding partisanship.

Republicans set the tone for the meeting early, declaring steadfast opposition to any tax increases when the current Bush era tax cuts expire at the end of the year. Obama has said he would oppose a permanent extension of the tax cuts for taxpayers earning more than $200,000 as individuals and $250,000 as couples.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the lawmakers told Obama they were solidly against allowing tax rates to go up for anyone, including the wealthy.

Speaking ahead of the meeting, House GOP Whip Eric Cantor said his party wants to "make sure no one gets a tax hike while we're trying to create jobs in the private sector."

And Senate minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., delivered a stinging critique of Democratic suggestions to only increase taxes on taxpayers with incomes of more than $1 million.

"It turns out this figure has no economic justification whatsoever," McConnell said. "Nowhere will you find a study or survey which indicates that raising taxes on small businesses with over $1 million in income will create jobs or help spur the economy."

Obama said Monday he hopes Tuesday's White House session "will mark a first step toward a new and productive working relationship, because we now have a shared responsibility to deliver for the American people on the issues that define not only these times but our future."

Someone should have told Obama two years ago that is was a shared responsibility then too.  He seemed to believe and probably still believes he can DICTATE what he wants and Congress should rubber stamp it.

Obama is clueless what the elections meant.  It DIDN’T mean give him what he wants quickly.  It meant America doesn’t want socialism.  America doesn’t want runaway budgets and huge deficits.  Americas wants small government.  And most importantly America wants the Constitution obeyed and followed.

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