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By Alan Fram |
April 17, 2012
Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans' taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues.
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By Alan Fram |
April 16, 2012
President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans.
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By Alan Fram |
January 30, 2012
Aiming tax increases at millionaires and companies that ship jobs abroad may help frame the fairness theme of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, but it's a plan that stands virtually no chance of passing Congress.
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September 14, 2011
Nervous that Social Security seems under siege from all sides, congressional liberals on Wednesday proposed raising the payroll tax that funds the program, but only for people earning more than $250,000 a year.
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By Jenny Ivy |
June 10, 2010
Without this federal assistance, Families USA reports health insurance premiums will skyrocket to an average of $1,107 a month for unemployed families.