Bracket Cut News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

An ordinary american paying their taxes today can say, and so we need to see more clarity. >> it's very easy to see where the dividing lines are. >> absolutely. >> the obama plan top bracket increase. republicans, a top bracket cut. >> that's right. >> there's very, very stark divisions you can see. >> the key issue is the bush tax cuts, right? the question is whether or not president obama and the white house and democrats in the house can, in fact, convince republicans in the house that we have got to let the bush tax cuts go. that doesn't actually constitute a tax increase. especially for m...

>> the obama plan top bracket increase. republicans, a top bracket cut. >> that's right. >> there's very, very stark divisions you can see. >> the key issue is the bush tax cuts, right? the question is whether or not president obama and the white house and democrats in the house can, in fact, convince republicans in the house that we have got to let the bush tax cuts go. that doesn't actually constitute a tax increase. especially for most americans. we're at the lowest tax rate that we've been at certainly in my lifetime and that it's time to let those tax cuts go. >> one thing that gridlock w...

Between what we now have as a ryan proposal and an obama proposal that could in any way put anything together that looked like some kind of governing agreement going forward? >> i think the problem is the obama proposal has to be a clearer proposal. i think the president did an extraordinary job of stating a values frame work and clarity about sort of the issues that we will use, but he didn't yet tell us what the plan is, and i think part of what s&p was saying is we need to know with clarity what the obama plan is, and it's sort of there, but it's not there in a way that you or i or an ordin...