Taxing the rich to the extent that we tax them is unfair. Let's say you are a corporation and pay tax on income and distribut tax to shareholders. That money has been taxed twice at 35% and at 15%, that's 50% tax. If you are an individual that same applies and you don't get away from it. If you make enough to be in that bracket then sooner or later you pay that amount. Then add state and/or local taxes on that as well. The rich already carry a larger than fair share of our national tax.

What to me seems unfair is that my two daughters get and EIC tax credit and even though they did not have to pay in tax they can get five or six thousand dollars back. That to me seems more unjust. Now believe me, I certainly don't want to see my daughters loose that revenue but I'm addressing 'fairness' and that is a completely distinct issue from can someone afford to pay. If your kid asks you to dinner and then expects you to pay because you can afford it most of us would get wise and not accept the invitation. That is what has happened in our country. The poor want what others have and want someone else to pay.

I'm not rich and I don't even approach the high middle class bracket but I make a good living now and have the student loans to show for it. I didn't get there for free and if I ever make the upper middle class level I earned it while someone else wants to take it. That's not fair.

We the citizens need to deeply thank Warren Buffett for his persecution of the Grover Norquist propaganda and nasty filthy rich cause of no tax increase from the rich. The whole thing seems so absurd, so completely out of constructive feelings for the progress our country. The rich needs to make when a greater contribution, as it’s the work of the proletarians, the Joe, Mary, and Susan next door with his labor that help to put the millions in their pockets. They do need to fairly contribute to the economy, and to lower the deficit from the terrible past mistakes of the trillions of dollars wars expenses that drained our economy for so long from the presidential missteps of Bush! There are Bills signed by Obama to create jobs, but trashed and violated by the Tea Party and the Republicans in the House. These type of Tea Party guys in Congress is what we get when Sara Palin gets geared up to speak trash, and stupid people followed her to the guillotine, a total disaster and gargantuan economical block from progress sick Congress!

With the fiscal cliff quickly approaching and the entire political and financial institutions scrambling to find a solution, this worthless Congress better do go along to increase the tax on the privileged rich. We are tired of the lies. We know that the great president Ronald Regan, and Bill Clinton increased taxes on many different occasions of their presidency to foment the economy, but then, there were people with brains wanting to do their job, that is, work for the people, and not only to screw the citizens, and not to go to Congress to fill their filthy pockets with their rich friends political favors. Congress members with their millions, their lack of coming to work, their many months extended vacations at the tax payer expenses. You bunch of Congress pirates, you need to leave Congress. It’s unfortunately that many of you returned because many States with Republicans majority put you there! We are sure it was an intentional manipulation from the Republican, and the Tea Party to lock the Congress again if the case Obama wins the November 6, elections! It seems is working well you Republicans and Tea Party against the people of the USA!

Taxes is NOT the issue, Buffett is either too stupid or to senile to know that. Buffett was a great investor, but he should realize even if you tax the richest 2% of the population 100%, it still will not make a dent in the amount we owe until the government starts to cut back on spending.

Giving the federal government more money is like giving a drug addict more drugs and expecting that to change anything.

This country is toast because the majority of the people living in the country are scum. The smart ones better find another country to live in pretty fast.

White House warns 'fiscal cliff' may hurt consumer spending

$2200/yr on typical middle class next year........wooooooo​oo hoooooo

1.4 trillion/yr budget by this fraudualted "OH"bomination; 24 to 26 trillion debt by the time he leaves office!

his EPA department regulators are killing job's.......lost taxable income!