Axelrod: Obama Won’t Rule Out Middle-Class Tax Hike Appearing on This Week, Senior White House David Axelrod did not rule out the idea of President Obama raising taxes on people making under $250,000 — which Obama pledged not to do during the 2008 campaign — in order to fund health care. “One of the problems we’ve had in this town is that people draw lines in the sand and they stop talking to each other. And you don’t get anything done,” said Axelrod. “That’s not the way the president approaches us. He is very cognizant of protecting people — middle class people, hard-working people who are trying to get along in a very difficult economy. And he will continue to represent them in these talks.”
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