Obama: Letting People Keep Their Own Money Is a "Giveaway" from the Government

 

On Wednesday, President Obama argued that not raising taxes on certain households amounts to a “giveaway” from the government.

On Thursday, White House spokesman Jay Carney repeated and defended the term “giveaway.”

Chalk it up as another example of a “You didn’t build that” worldview.

During the Thursday press briefing, ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper asked Carney why the White House uses the term “giveaway”:

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via Obama: Letting People Keep Their Own Money Is a “Giveaway” from the Government.

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