It doesn’t take much to confuse Dear Leader.
(The Hill) — President Obama on Monday said he’s puzzled by Republican demands that the cost of the payroll tax cut be paid for elsewhere in the budget.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Obama stressed that he is willing to work with Republicans to find a way to pay for extending the payroll tax holiday, which expires at the end of the month.
But the president also said he’s befuddled by Republican calls to offset the tax cut, claiming Republicans did not make similar demands when George W. Bush was in the White House.
“When the Republicans took over the House at the beginning of this year, they explicitly changed the rules to say that tax cuts don’t have to be paid for,” Obama said. “So forgive me a little bit of confusion when I hear folks insisting on tax cuts being paid for.”