Obama Renews Push for Buffett Rule

Name: Obama Renews Push for Buffett Rule
Uploaded: 2012-04-10T22:00:00Z
Duration: P1002S
Description: President Obama renewed a call for higher taxes on the wealthy Tuesday, urging Congress to adopt the so-called "Buffett Rule" and impose a minimum 30 percent income tax on those earning $1 million or more a year. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from the White House's Gene Sperling and American Action Forum's Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Clip: 04/10/2012 | 16m 42s

President Obama renewed a call for higher taxes on the wealthy Tuesday, urging Congress to adopt the so-called "Buffett Rule" and impose a minimum 30 percent income tax on those earning $1 million or more a year. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from the White House's Gene Sperling and American Action Forum's Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Aired: 04/10/12

Rating: NR

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Obama Renews Push for Buffett Rule

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