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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 889462" data-attributes="member: 25159"><p><span style="color: #0000CD">This is a great idea so lets see if Buffet will put his money where his mouth is:</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Republicans Unveil Their ‘Buffett Rule’ Allowing Americans to Pay More to Uncle Sam</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #183a52">President Obama</span>’s proposed “Buffett Rule”-- which would force the wealthiest Americans to pay higher taxes to help cut the nation’s deficits -- has met its Republican match.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 9px">Republican lawmakers have introduced their own “Buffett Rule” that would allow billionaire investors like Warren Buffett who say they’re not paying enough taxes to voluntarily give more money to the federal government.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 9px">Under the legislation, authored by Sen. <span style="color: #183a52">John Thune</span> of South Dakota and Rep. John Scalise of Louisiana, taxpayers can donate at least a $1 to the Treasury fund for deficit reduction when they file their federal income tax returns starting next year.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 9px">“If individuals like Warren Buffett or President Obama are inclined to donate their own personal money toward paying down the federal government’s debt, they ought to have that right to do so voluntarily,” Thune said. “This bill would make it easier for those wealthy individuals who feel they are currently under-taxed to pay more to the U.S. Treasury above and beyond their current obligations, without raising taxes on America’s job creators.”</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 889462, member: 25159"] [COLOR=#0000CD]This is a great idea so lets see if Buffet will put his money where his mouth is: [/COLOR] [SIZE=2][B]Republicans Unveil Their ‘Buffett Rule’ Allowing Americans to Pay More to Uncle Sam[/B] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#183a52]President Obama[/COLOR]’s proposed “Buffett Rule”-- which would force the wealthiest Americans to pay higher taxes to help cut the nation’s deficits -- has met its Republican match.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][SIZE=1]Republican lawmakers have introduced their own “Buffett Rule” that would allow billionaire investors like Warren Buffett who say they’re not paying enough taxes to voluntarily give more money to the federal government.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][SIZE=1]Under the legislation, authored by Sen. [COLOR=#183a52]John Thune[/COLOR] of South Dakota and Rep. John Scalise of Louisiana, taxpayers can donate at least a $1 to the Treasury fund for deficit reduction when they file their federal income tax returns starting next year.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [SIZE=1]“If individuals like Warren Buffett or President Obama are inclined to donate their own personal money toward paying down the federal government’s debt, they ought to have that right to do so voluntarily,” Thune said. “This bill would make it easier for those wealthy individuals who feel they are currently under-taxed to pay more to the U.S. Treasury above and beyond their current obligations, without raising taxes on America’s job creators.”[/SIZE][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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