David Plouffe: House Republicans Putting Needs Of 30 Tea Party Members Over Needs Of Americans

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/25/david-plouffe-house-republicans-tea-party_n_979832.html

White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe went on CNN, ABC and Fox News on Sunday to explain President Obama's economic policies. He blamed Tea Party lawmakers for blocking progress on jobs, said there aren't going to be any major Cabinet shake-ups before 2012 and defended plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

On Fox News Sunday, Plouffe and host Chris Wallace argued over whether the wealthiest Americans already pay too much in taxes. Wallace put up a graphic on the screen with data from the Tax Policy Center showing that the top 1 percent of Americans pay 38 percent of federal income taxes, and the top 10 percent pay 70 percent. Meanwhile, 46 percent of households pay no federal income taxes.

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However, they don't tell the whole story.

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As David Leonhardt of The New York Times wrote, the "vast majority" of American households do end up paying federal taxes, even if they don't all pay income taxes.

[Turbineguy]

1. The 46 percent

are too poor to have to pay taxes. But don't tell Fox viewers that.

[wurzel]

3. That needs to be said over and over again!

We have half our working population whose wages are so low they don't even earn enough to pay income taxes. Of course they pay plenty of other taxes. On the other hand we have a tiny minority whose income is now so high they pay more taxes than ever even though their income tax rates have been halved.

[Turbineguy]

4. The James D. Allen Postulate:

"If you have to pay taxes, you're in good shape. Pay'em!"

That 46 percent do not pay taxes is not a good thing. But teabaggers think these people are lucky. They are probably the same louts who live so high off the hog from their unemployment checks.

[OHdem10]

2. What is new?? The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[spinbaby]

5. That's an inaccurate statement

House Republicans are putting the WANTS Of 30 Tea Party members over the needs of Americans,