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Related: About this forumWeekly Address: It's Time for Congress to Pass the Buffett Rule
&list=PL8C61A61D646F0865&index=1&feature=plcpIn this weeks 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 shouldnt go up. The President has been pushing Congress to pass the Buffett rule to help ensure we have a system thats 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
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)1. Why wasn't this brought up when we held both houses of Congress? nt
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)2. It wasnt an election year. nm
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)4. Jeezus, Manny, cut the guy a little slack
at least once in a while, can't ya?
His legislative plate was already pretty loaded down between Jan. '09 and Jan. '10.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)3. In the mean time
Governor Chris Christie's come out in favor of the all you can eat buffet rule.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)5. Bwaaaaahaaaaa! DUZY! n/t