“This isn’t class warfare; it’s math.” President Obama
“By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over.” Republican Congressman John Fleming, in an interview on MSNBC, on why as a small business owner he can’t afford a tax increase.
“Every single poll shows that the American public overwhelmingly supports higher taxes on the wealthy as part of a package to cut the deficit. The margins are staggering: the NYT poll shows a majority of 74 – 21; even Rasmussen shows a majority of 56 – 34. What the president proposed this morning is simply where the American people are at. If he keeps at it, if he turns his administration into a permanent campaign for structural fiscal reform, I don’t see how he loses the argument.” Andrew Sullivan.