In his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama gives policy shape to the so-called “Buffett Rule” — the principle that wealthy Americans should bear at least as high a tax burden as middle class workers — by telling the American people that no one making over $1 million a year should pay less than 30% in federal income taxes.
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