El gobierno de Obama es un circo, una burla, Obama se la ha pasado todo el mes que su estimulo sea puesto en el piso para votacion, el que lleva la agenda en la Casa de Representantes dijo que si, que el presidente se merece que su propuesta pase a votacion, ahora los democratas no quieren que vaya a votacion, en que quedamos?
La nueva, es que Obama ha cambiado el aumento de impuestos a los millonarios, ya no sera a los que ganan mas de $250,000 si no a los que ganan mas de $1 millon. Les aumentaran un 5% de impuestos mas.
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Senate Democrats Propose 5% Surtax on Millionaires
By COREY BOLES
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats proposed a 5% surtax on people earning more than $1 million a year to pay for the $447 billion cost of President Barack Obama's job-creation bill, in a move designed to shore up Democratic support for the measure.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, left, speaks as Sen. Charles Schumer listens during a news conference Oct. 5 on Capitol Hill.
.The proposal would replace the range of tax deductions for wealthy people, oil companies and other businesses that the president had proposed to end to offset the cost of the job-creation initiatives in his plan.
Democratic leaders said they hoped to bring the revised plan to the Senate floor next week for debate. But assuming they keep all of their votes, they would need at least seven Republicans to vote in favor of any effort just to start debate on the legislation.
It's also not clear that the changes would win over all the Democrats who have been opposed to the package. Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.V.) has voiced objections to the spending portion of the bill, so changing how it is paid for would be unlikely to sway him. Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.) has repeatedly said he would oppose any tax increases given the current economic malaise.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) said the surtax would impact any income earned by people above $1 million annually. It would also impact dividends and capital gains, he said. The New York Democrat initially said it would be in place for 10 years, but an aide to the lawmaker later said the measure would be implemented permanently. If agreed to, the surtax would take effect from Jan. 1, 2012, the aide said.
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.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said the measure would raise enough revenue to fully offset the budgetary impact of the president's jobs bill. That package includes a range of initiatives including tax breaks for individuals and businesses, a continuation of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, aid to states and local governments to rehire public-sector workers, and significant investments in transportation-infrastructure projects.
The lawmakers were silent on the issue of how the new tax would be balanced against existing Democratic policy of allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire from 2013 for individuals earning more than $200,000 a year and couples earning more than $250,000 a year.
It would appear that policy still exists, meaning under Democratic plans, people earning more than $200,000 a year would still see their base rates increase, while those earning more than $1 million would also be caught by the new measure.
Mr. Schumer did say that in many parts of the country, households earning around $250,000 a year would be considered middle class and not wealthy. He said it was "hard to ask more" of households in that income range.
"Many of them are not rich, and in large parts of the country, that kind of income does not get you a big home or lots of vacations or anything else that is associated with wealth in America," Mr. Schumer said.
He also said that a large number of small-business owners would be impacted if taxes were increased on people earning between $250,000 to $300,000.
—Janet Hook contributed to this article.
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