We are their bosses, so we do get to tell them what to do! And the Buffet rule is a great opportunity for Congress to show everybody just where their heads are: fighting for the middle class or coddling the already wealthy. They're a little damned if they do, but I think they're really, really damned if they don't. The optics leave the GOP few options, that's for sure.
So let's ratchet up the pressure and leave them fewer options still!
Toll free numbers for Congress:
1-866-338-1015
1-866-220-0044
1-866-311-3405
If the deficit hawks want to whine about debt, here's their chance to put their money where their mouths are and do something about it. Here is Obama's 3/31 weekly address discussing the issue:
Over the last decade, we’ve spent hundreds of billions of dollars on what was supposed to be a temporary tax cut for the wealthiest two percent of Americans. Now we’re scheduled to spend almost a trillion more. Today, the wealthiest Americans are paying taxes at one of the lowest rates in 50 years. Warren Buffett is paying a lower rate than his secretary. Meanwhile, over the last 30 years, the tax rates for middle class families have barely budged.
That’s not fair. It doesn’t make any sense. Do we want to keep giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans like me, or Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates – people who don’t need them and never asked for them? Or do we want to keep investing in things that will grow our economy and keep us secure? Because we can’t afford to do both.
I can't wait to use the GOP's vote on this to pound them in the election. Who's with me?