The only respite from this Obama dividend fiasco maybe Roth IRA's but you have to below 170k to make that work, or does he mess with the "Roth" as well?
If you think your Roth is safe from future taxation under this regime, you ought to think again.
There are all sorts of things Obama and Congress can do to get your Roth money without directly taxing its distributions. Congress is actively considering forcing beneficiaries of inherited Roth IRAs to take immediate distributions, which would eliminate much of the Roth’s tax avoidance potential. A few years back Congress held hearings to discuss conversion of all individual retirement accounts into government annuities. And we all know that Social Security benefits will eventually determined by some sort of means-testing formula. Roth IRA balances and distributions could easily be incorporated in that formula, which would be the equivalent of a tax without it being an explicit tax.