tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post2078923879175907802..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Michele Bachmann Lied on MSNBCBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-48344355119610692532011-12-06T18:44:32.673-08:002011-12-06T18:44:32.673-08:00Historically Low Revenues: "Federal taxes are...Historically Low Revenues: "Federal taxes are at their lowest level in more than 60 years. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that federal taxes would consume just 14.8 percent of G.D.P. this year. The last year in which revenues were lower was 1950, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The average federal income tax rate on the 400 richest people in America was 18.11 percent."<br /><br />http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/are-taxes-in-the-u-s-high-or-low/<br /><br />Raising Taxes on the Rich: Not Whether, but How: "The idea that the rich cannot or should not pay more should be dismissed out of hand. They can and must pay more; the only question is how best to do it."<br /><br />http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/raising-taxes-on-the-rich-not-whether-but-how/Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com