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President Barack Obama walks over to shake hands with business leaders before speaking about the fiscal cliff during an address before the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Associated Press

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama is visiting a middle-class family in suburban Washington as he continues to push for a plan to extend tax cuts to all but the top 2 percent of earners.

Obama, visiting the Northern Virginia home of Tiffany and Richard Santana, said every day that passes without a solution to the fiscal problem creates more stress and uncertainty for American families.

The president called the problem solvable, but added: "The closer it gets to the brink the more stress there is going to be."

Obama is trying to keep up pressure on Republicans to avoid a so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and across-the board spending cuts set for Jan. 1. Tiffany Santana said the tax increase would amount to two months' rent for her family.


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    Steve wrote...
    How does one appeal to the Public when
    November 27, 2012 6:35 am
    you are for higher taxes and no spending cuts? The only way I can think to do that is lie to the people. After all that's how he was re-elected.
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    OneWonders wrote...
    I have a great idea
    November 28, 2012 10:05 am
    lets raise taxes on the wealthy and that tax will only run the government for 8 days. Then inside some socialized health care plan we can add additional taxes to the rich too, this tax, we won't tell people about and we will tell the media to ignore it. In addition we will spend more and continue to create a larger government. And when we end the war, the money we are borrowing to run that, we can funnel elsewhere instead of stopping the borrowing, the stupid citizens won't have a clue.
    Equal Justice, Not Social Justice.
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    PookaBoo wrote...
    Typical Obama approach!
    November 28, 2012 11:30 am
    Invite carefully selected supporters to a very public photo-opp in order to appear to be a "man of the people" as part of a PR campaign (because PR seems to be the ONLY thing he's actually good at!) Next he'll take his publicity stunt on a road trip. But he'll never bother to actually engage in the process and MEET with members of Congress, especially the ones who don't agree with him. He'll just send out that "attack" idiot Reid to flog the opposition in front of a sycophantic press corp. Then if a compromise cannot be reached he can claim it's all the fault of Republicans!
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