2/11/2012
Obama urges Congress to quickly pass tax cut extension
Washington, U.S. President Barak Obama urged Congress on Saturday to quickly pass the payroll tax cut extension to prevent a tax hike on 160 million Americans "still recovering from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression".
"While numbers and figures will go up and down in the coming months, what cannot waver is our resolve to do everything in our power to keep stoking the fires of the recovery. And the last thing we should do is let Washington stand in the way", said Obama in his weekly address. "Congress needs to stop this middle class tax hike from happening. Period. No drama. No delay. And no ideological side issues that have nothing to do with this tax cut. Now is not the time for self-inflicted wounds to our recovery. Now is the time for common-sense action", he added.
Obama asked voters to pressure their representatives in Congress and "tell them not to play politics again by linking this debate to unrelated issues. Tell them not to manufacture another needless standoff or crisis. Tell them not to stand in the way of the recovery. Tell them to just do their job. That is what our middle class needs. That is what our country needs".
"In the wake of the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, we're getting things going again. And we are going to keep at it until everyone shares in America's comeback", he concluded.
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