Voters living on ramen (and less) need to note politicians who piss & moan over "The Buffet Rule."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Seriously.

Fuckers like John Boehner don't eat ramen.

They down a couple of double single malts and tear into a thick steak.

:rant:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/17/obama-tax-plan-millionaires_n_967861.html

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is expected to seek a new base tax rate for the wealthy to ensure that millionaires pay at least at the same percentage as middle income taxpayers.

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Obama is going to call it the "Buffett Rule" for Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who has complained that rich people like him pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than middle-class taxpayers.

Buffett wrote in a New York Times op-ed piece last month that he and his rich friends "have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress."

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House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he would oppose tax increases to reduce the deficit. Boehner has urged Congress' deficit "supercommittee" to lay the groundwork for a broad overhaul of the U.S. tax code.

[gateley]

1. Again, (and again and again), it's merely letting the tax breaks

revert to what they were previously, as they well fucking know since they voted for it.

This is what the people need to understand. The Reps, as always, are making it sound as though you and I will be getting increases.

[sethgrogen]

2. vodka tonic and grilled chicken make me rich?

[sam11111]

3. Ike had a 91% tax on them ( seen in an OP on DU)

Truman 94% for a while.

We had prosperity in the Golden Age of the middle class - '45 to '68.

Ended with Nixon.

[mainer]

4. Just make a flat tax of 35% for high incomes

including investment income, and that would be a big step forward. Right now there are high earners paying the max rate, and other high earners paying almost nothing. This is the problem.