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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

VP Joe Biden: I'm Middle Class

Fantasy Land: Joe Biden Tells Crowd, “Let Me Tell You What Middle Class is: Joe Biden.” Reality: He Made $333,000 Last Year…

(Tax Foundation) - At a campaign rally last week in Washington State for Sen. Patty Murray, Vice President Joe Biden said “Let me tell you what middle class is: Joe Biden.”

Well given that Joe Biden made $333,000 in AGI last year (he made $215,000 in 1998 and over $200,000 every year since), I guess that means President Obama, according to Joe Biden, is raising taxes on the middle class since he makes above that $200,000/$250,000 threshold set by the president.

Of course, Joe Biden saying that he is middle class just shows that the term “middle class” can mean whatever you want it to mean, whether you are Joe Biden or Todd Henderson. In reality, despite what Joe Biden may define as middle class, Pres. Obama isn’t directly raising taxes much on what he would call “middle class” taxpayers.

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