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LIVE: Obama Supports Millionaires Tax That's Bigger Than The Buffett Rule
Business Insider ^ | 10/06/2011 | Zeke Miller

Posted on 10/06/2011 8:25:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The White House Press Office announced that President Barack Obama will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. this morning — though no topic was announced.

Obama is in the middle of a weeks-long push on his jobs bill, which is certain to take up a significant portion of the questioning. We expect him to be asked about the Occupy Wall Street protests, and the killing of U.S.-citizen Anwar al-Awlaki as well.

Also expect Obama to be asked about his criticism of Bank of America's $5 fee for checking account customers and his increasingly-combative tone toward Republicans as his reelection campaign hits high gear.

UPDATE: CNN is reporting that Obama will endorse the over-5% millionaire surtax proposed by Senate Democrats yesterday. The tax would go above and beyond allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire — potentially raising the top marginal tax bracket to 44.6 percent.

The Buffett Rule only would apply to a fraction of millionaires and billionaires with effective tax rates below that of the average middle-class family. The surtax would hit all incomes over $1 million — and would be on top of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2013.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buffetrule; millionairetax; obama; taxhikes

1 posted on 10/06/2011 8:26:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

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2 posted on 10/06/2011 8:27:31 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sure, why not? Since he can’t get it passed anyway, why not endorse a 50% Net Worth Tax on “millionaires and billionaires”? It will make the crowds camping out around Wall Street swoon.


3 posted on 10/06/2011 8:36:52 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

Doubling down as usual.


4 posted on 10/06/2011 8:53:03 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Time to move forward not to the center.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rush Limbaugh is saying he is digging a deeper hole for himself. He is saying even many on the left know and are embarrassed watching this garbage.


5 posted on 10/06/2011 9:28:20 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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