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December 14, 2012
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Top 2 percent need to pay their fair share

Please advise Mr. Boehner to take the advice of the American people and make the richest 2 percent of taxpayers start paying their fair share of taxes. Going back to Clinton-era tax rates (when we had a budget surplus and we added more jobs than during Bush’s disastrous tenure) will certainly not put a strain on the most prosperous among us. As Robert Frank of Cornell says in the NY Times: “On Day 1 of the new Congressional session, (Obama) could propose legislation that would restore the Bush tax cuts for families with incomes under $250,000. Republicans could then vote …

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