How Does He Know?
An AP story yesterday reported that Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives:
“are proposing a tax surcharge on millionaires to pay for a big increase in education benefits for veterans of the war in Iraq, lawmakers said Tuesday.”
According to Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark), the so-called “leader of the (House) Blue Dog group:"
"What we're talking about is a one-half percent income tax surcharge on incomes above $1 million . . . So someone who earns $2 million a year would pay $5,000. ... They're not going to miss it."
How does he know? As Jeff Dircksen, blogging at Government Bytes, asks, “Why not take more?” Dircksen then suggests, “I'm sure that they didn't have any plans for the money...they probably were planning to burn in a big bonfire in the back yard. So, you're probably doing them a favor after all.”
We concur in the great quote of Edward Langley, who said:
“What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.”
Thanks Jeff!