Barack Obama · 2009-2017 term
Roll back Bush tax cuts for upper-income households
Higher rates were restored for top earners, but the result came through a broader fiscal-cliff compromise rather than the original clean repeal framing.
Latest reviewed action recorded: Jan 2, 2013
Why this is mixed
Mixed records should not be read as simply positive or negative.
Gains
Federal tax rates increased for upper-income households while many other tax cuts remained in place.
Limits
The promise is not specifically Black-community-focused but is relevant to fiscal capacity and federal redistribution debates.
Record Note
Research import batch 1. Built from tax-issue PolitiFact coverage and fiscal-cliff legislation. Source references remain in database/promise_tracker_import_batch_1.json because sources.policy_id is still required.
Original Promise
Repeal the Bush tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 as couples or $200,000 as single filers.
Action Timeline
Actions document what the federal government did. Outcomes below describe what changed, and each source list shows where the public record comes from.
Jan 2, 2013
Fiscal-cliff deal raises top tax rates
Congress passed and Obama signed legislation that raised rates for upper-income households while extending lower-bracket tax cuts.
Outcomes
Outcomes are the part of the record that can contribute to public scoring. They stay visible here with impact direction and linked sources so readers can verify what shaped the record.
Economic Outcome
Top-end Bush tax cuts were partially rolled back, but the final result came as a negotiated compromise.
Measured or documented impact: Federal tax rates increased for upper-income households while many other tax cuts remained in place.
Black community impact: The promise is not specifically Black-community-focused but is relevant to fiscal capacity and federal redistribution debates.
Evidence strength: Strong
Linked sources: 0
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