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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 07:33 AM Apr 2012

Weekly Address: It's Time for Congress to Pass the Buffett Rule

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In this week’s address, President Obama urged Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle of fairness that says if you make more than $1 million a year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle class families. Meanwhile, if you make under $250,000 a year – like 98 percent of American families do – your taxes shouldn’t go up. The President has been pushing Congress to pass the Buffett rule to help ensure we have a system that’s fair, where everyone plays by the same set of rules and we can continue to make the investments we need to grow our economy and help the middle class and those trying to get in it.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/04/14/weekly-address-it-s-time-congress-pass-buffett-rule
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Weekly Address: It's Time for Congress to Pass the Buffett Rule (Original Post) cal04 Apr 2012 OP
Why wasn't this brought up when we held both houses of Congress? nt MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #1
It wasnt an election year. nm rhett o rick Apr 2012 #2
Jeezus, Manny, cut the guy a little slack Surya Gayatri Apr 2012 #4
In the mean time Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2012 #3
Bwaaaaahaaaaa! DUZY! n/t Surya Gayatri Apr 2012 #5
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
4. Jeezus, Manny, cut the guy a little slack
Sun Apr 15, 2012, 07:19 AM
Apr 2012

at least once in a while, can't ya?

His legislative plate was already pretty loaded down between Jan. '09 and Jan. '10.

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