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President Obama Makes the Case for the Buffett Rule
Posted by on April 10, 2012 at 7:48 PM EDTThe President believes we should build an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. That’s why he proposed the Buffett Rule, which will make sure people making more than $1 million pay at least the same percentage of their income as middle-class families do.
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The Buffett Rule Asks the Wealthiest to Pay Their Fair Share
Posted by on April 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM EDTThe average tax rate paid by the very highest-income Americans has fallen to nearly the lowest rate in over 50 years, and many pay a lower tax rate than millions of middle-class families. President Obama has proposed the Buffett Rule, which would make sure that no household making more than $1 million pays a smaller share of their income in taxes that middle-class families pay
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White House Report – The Buffett Rule: A Basic Principle of Tax Fairness
Posted by on April 10, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDTA new report from the White House highlights the need for Congress to take action and pass the Buffett Rule. Here are some of the highlights.
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White House Office Hours: The Buffett Rule
Posted by on April 9, 2012 at 5:00 PM EDTBrian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council answers your questions on the Buffett Rule during a session of Office Hours on Twitter.
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President Obama Drops By Personal Finance Online Summit
Posted by on April 5, 2012 at 10:48 AM EDTPresident Obama drops by a meeting at the White House to speak with journalists and editors from a range of personal finance and financial news sites.
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By the Numbers: $0
Posted by on April 4, 2012 at 3:47 PM EDTIn 2009, 1,470 people who made more than $1 million paid $0 in federal income tax.
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How Many Millionaires Paid $0 in Taxes? Find Out for Yourself
Posted by on April 4, 2012 at 12:26 PM EDTThere’s a new addition to this year’s Federal Taxpayer Receipt: Now Americans can not only see how their tax dollars are being spent, they can see just how people making over a million dollars a year effectively paid $0 in taxes last year
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Your 2011 Federal Taxpayer Receipt
Posted by on April 4, 2012 at 9:14 AM EDTEnter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the federal taxpayer receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care.
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Three Charts Illustrating Two Different Visions for Our Nation
Posted by on April 3, 2012 at 2:07 PM EDTThe President’s approach to reducing our deficit is a balanced approach that asks the wealthiest to pay their fair share, achieves significant health savings and enacts sensible spending cuts while making the investments we need to have a strong middle class.
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Weekly Address: Passing the Buffett Rule So That Everyone Pays Their Fair Share
Posted by on March 31, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDTPresident Obama calls on Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle that ensures that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families pay -- as a matter of fairness.
