Don't forget that Buffett moved all his extra money to the "foundation" before he started his wailing about how the rich do not pay their share. The Government will not get his money. He made sure that him and his kids were taken care of long before blessing more taxes. Also, he is still fighting the IRS over a sizable tax bill that amounts to "pocket change" for Berkshire Hathaway.
Republicans have been forced into a Hobson's choice of either letting the Bush tax cuts expire for everyone or agreeing to a tax hike on the top 2 percent of income earners (not to be confused with "the rich," who have already made, inherited or married their money).
If Republicans object to the Democrats' hitting job creators with a tax hike, three things will happen: Taxes will go up for everyone; Republicans will be seen as the "party of the rich"; and the inevitable economic collapse will be blamed on Republicans.
If Democrats were merely trying to raise...
who is absorbed by their own personal and private affairs.
republican comes from the Latin res publica which means a public person
who is concerned with public things.
Ironic, dems are interested in public things
and
repubs are interested in personal and private things.