The Buffett Rule Rules!

September 29, 2011 by Left in Alabama

Americans overwhelmingly support taxing the rich at least as much as we tax the middle class -- what Barack Obama calls "the Buffett Rule."  A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey conducted last week for DailyKos.com found Americans overwhelmingly support the Buffett Rule:

Do you support or oppose ensuring that people who make over a million dollars a year pay the same percentage of taxes or more on their total income as those who make less than a million dollars a year?

Overall, 73% of respondents support this radical -- NOT! -- concept that millionaires should pay at least as much as the rest of us.  

73% of women support it.  72% of men support it.  78% of Democrats support it.  66% of Republicans (but only 52% of Tea Partiers) support it.  73% of Independents support it.  80% of moderates support it.  73% of white people support it. 72% of people in hon-union households support it.  73% of Southerners support it.  75% of people over 65 support it.  79% of people with an annual income between $75,000 and $100,000 (but "only" 65% of those making less than $30,000) support it.

The Buffett Rule rules -- even with Republican constituencies!   There's no better illustration of how out of touch Republicans are with America.  Obama's insistence on the Buffett Rule is a perfect contrast to the Republican philosophy of tax breaks for the rich on the backs of the middle class.