IRS Data Shows: "The Rich" Pay Higher Rates

Obama is not doing shit to investment income whether it be dividends or cap gains.
The other good thing is every senator is a multi millionaire
They are not about burn their own houses down

Jay Rockefeller and John Kerry were on board with it. Maybe because they knew it would never get passed in the Republican House.
 
Jay Rockefeller and John Kerry were on board with it. Maybe because they knew it would never get passed in the Republican House.
Somebody online post the wealthiest congress people each year and their main holdings.
Both sides are full of multi millionaire stock holders.
They simply are not going to shoot their feet off.
 
IRS Data Show Most Millionaires Pay Taxes at Higher Rate Than Middle Class

President Obama and his advisers are presenting the "Buffett Rule" as the cure for an epidemic of millionaire tax scofflaws, but national statistics show millionaires by and large are paying taxes at a much higher rate than middle-class families.

And their income taxes make up a significant portion of the federal budget pie.

Data compiled by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center show households pulling in more than $1 million pay about 29.1 percent of their income in federal taxes. By contrast, households making between $50,000 and $75,000 pay about 15 percent.

The so-called Buffett Rule has become the political centerpiece of the president's deficit-reduction program. Named after Warren Buffett, the provision would ensure people making more than $1 million a year pay taxes at a higher rate than the middle class.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-higher-rate-than-middle-class/#ixzz1YVVmVMVe

good. but 29.1? they should pay more.
 
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