Obama, o Populismo e a Dura Realidade

Obama, adEvogado formado em Harvard, aprendeu e aplica com afinco a primeira lição profissional: Ignorar a realidade e impor sua visão de mundo distorcida. Mas felizmente a civilização não é a selva onde picaretas como ele tripudiam e sempre se dão bem.
President Obama and his advisers are presenting the "Buffett Rule" as the cure for an epidemic of millionaire tax scofflaws, but national statistics show millionaires by and large are paying taxes at a much higher rate than middle-class families. And their income taxes make up a significant portion of the federal budget pie. Data compiled by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center show households pulling in more than $1 million pay about 29.1 percent of their income in federal taxes. By contrast, households making between $50,000 and $75,000 pay about 15 percent.