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Obama Renews Push for Buffett Rule

Clip: 4/10/2012 | 16m 42s

Obama Renews Push for Buffett Rule: Debating How to Handle Millionaires' Taxes

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.

04/10/2012

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