It’s been nearly seven months since President Obama introduced the Buffett Rule. He first described it at the White House last September, shortly after the GOP’s persistent refusal to take any new tax revenue from wealthy Americans sank his bid to pass major deficit-reduction legislation and nearly turned the standoff over raising the debt ceiling into a full-blown economic calamity.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=99775