WH: Never mind what Clinton said, we still want tax hikes on the rich

“The president’s position is that we absolutely should extend the tax cuts for the middle class; we should not extend and he will not extend tax cuts for the highest-income Americans,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One, according to an official transcript…

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“President Obama has been clear about his position and it has not changed,” Carney said. “We should not extend and he will not extend the tax cuts — the Bush-era tax cuts — for the wealthiest 2 percent of the American people. It’s bad policy.”

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