Obama opposes extending tax breaks

The president says the nation cannot afford to foot the bill for a tax break for the wealthy. He told an audience in Ohio that such a move helped put the country in its current fiscal difficulties.



A Taxing Challenge

The president feels it's time
To raise taxes on the rich;
But help for the rest of us
Was also in his pitch.

He criticized opponents
And said, in his address,
Fewer taxes for the wealthy
Is what got us in "this mess."

The administration's striving,
In the face of disapproval,
To goose our fiscal fortunes
And stem a feared removal.


©  2010  Jim Gordon