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  • Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires (Minimum Tax Dubbed "Buffett Rule")

    09/17/2011 4:54:13 PM PDT · by kristinn · 76 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Saturday, September 17, 2011 | Jackie Calmes
    WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure that they pay at least the same percentage of their earnings as middle-income taxpayers, according to administration officials. With a special joint Congressional committee starting work to reach a bipartisan budget deal by late November, the proposal adds a new and populist feature to Mr. Obama’s effort to raise the political pressure on Republicans to agree to higher revenues from the wealthy in return for Democrats’ support of future cuts from Medicare and Medicaid. Mr....
  • Well, Chalk One Up for The Congressional Republicans

    05/09/2006 3:21:50 PM PDT · by muleskinner · 31 replies · 948+ views
    ABC Radio | 5/9/2006 | Muleskinner
    ABC radio reported that Congressional Republicans have agreed to an extension of G.W.'s tax cut proposal. 15 million taxpayers would have been a victim of the alternative minimum tax. The agreement also extends exiting low rate for capitol investment.