“All the president has to do – and I’m not trying to hold him more responsible, but he is the chief executive, he was elected to lead this country – all he’s got to do is stand up and say, ‘I will veto any extension of any of the Bush-era tax cuts’,” Bloomberg told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. “Everybody. Not just the rich, but everybody.”
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“If you’re going to close the deficit, you have to increase revenues and reduce expenses,” Bloomberg said. “Anybody who says you can do with one or the other is either just stupid or not telling the truth.”
Bloomberg said if Obama follows his advice, it would not only solve the country’s problem – it would also be the president’s “ticket to re-election.”
