Millionaires to Congress: The taxes we pay are ridiculous... as in ridiculously LOW

[ck4829]

Lobbyists for a day, a band of millionaires stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge Congress to tax them more.

In the silence left by the private efforts of the "supercommittee" to find $1.2 trillion or more in deficit cuts by Thanksgiving, free advice flowed in public.

And not just any advice: pie-in-the-sky suggestions from those not connected to the talks, mostly to reopen debates that have led nowhere. The millionaires want the panel to raise taxes on people who earn more than $1 million, even though most Republicans are committed against the idea. And 150 House member and senators urged a much bigger debt-and-deficit deal, even as a small-scope agreement is proving elusive.

http://news.yahoo.com/millionaires-capitol-hill-please-tax-more-222330131.html

[provis99]

1. it's getting pretty bizarre, isn't it?

Here the Republicans are all about lowering taxes on millionaires and billionaires, and you've got millionaires and billionaires complaining they don't pay enough taxes. My guess is what Republicans are really doing is not helping out millionaires and billionaires in general, but just doing things that happen to help out their few rich buddies, in anticipation of a big payoff when they leave Congress.

Even Bill frickin' Gates says he wants taxes raised, and he's one of the richest in America.