WHITE HOUSE: The Buffet Rule

A Basic Principle of Tax Fairness

Promise the Children Received this Report issued by the White House tday. We want to share it with you. It has some very interesting new informarion…..
The Buffett Rule is the basic principle that no household making over $1 million annually should pay a
smaller share of their income in taxes than middle‐class families pay. Warren Buffett has famously
stated that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary, but as this report documents this situation is not
uncommon.

Posted by Sue Kirby on 04/10/12  •  Permalink  •  Comments 0   •  

Supreme Court challenge to Health reform will impact over 9 million kids.

Yesterday the Supreme Court began hearing the first arguments in the legal challenge to the health reform law. Supporters of the legislation demonstrated outside, packing the grounds around the Supreme Court in favor of greater health protections for families.

Posted by Sue Kirby on 03/27/12  •  Permalink  •  Comments 0   •  

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities on Chairman Ryan’s Budget Plan

By Robert Greenstein

“The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream discussion due to its extreme nature.

Posted by Sue Kirby on 03/21/12  •  Permalink  •  Comments 0   •