Posted on 10/21/2011 2:03:12 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
” - - - The bill is paid for by a 0.7 percent surcharge of Americans making over $1 million.”
Is it Constitutionally legal to have targeted tax increases for specific Federal projects?
How much money will this “surcharge” generate between now and 11-2012?
Funny you should ask.
If you carefully examine your phone bill, you will find a tax tracing to the Spanish-American War, ostensibly funding the expansion of long-distance phone service.
“The Rebuild America Jobs Act, Reid said, would create “hundreds of thousands” of new jobs. “
Harry meant to say BILLIONS of new jobs. When you are lying like a rug what’s a few billion here and there.
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