Rich Ask Obama To Raise Their Taxes! - MSNBC w/ Cenk

Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) on MSNBC Live speaks with millionaires who signed a letter asking president Obama to let the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire. ______ Some liberal millionaires are putting their money where their mouths are: they are calling on Democrats to stay true to their word and allow the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest to expire next year. Joining the likes of Warren Buffett and George Soros, a calling themselves "patriotic millionaires" want President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to raise their taxes to levels before former President George W. Bush cut them in 2001. "We have done very well over the last several years," about 50 millionaires including several early Google Inc. executives and the founder of IAC's Ask.com, say in a letter to leaders. "We don't need more tax cuts, and we understand that cutting our taxes will increase the deficit and the debt burden carried by other taxpayers." Obama wants to let lower tax rates expire above the first $200000 of an individual's income but has been clashing with Republicans, and some in his own party, in Congress on a deal to prevent all taxpayers from seeing hikes on January 1. The group is asking policymakers to extend the higher rates for those making more than $1 million. New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer has suggested that benchmark, as have some others. "They felt comfortable speaking for themselves and their income bracket," a spokeswoman for the group said. The <b>...</b>
Author: TheYoungTurks
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Rich Ask Obama To Raise Their Taxes! - MSNBC w/ Cenk