This proposal, introduced in the Senate by Sheldon Whitehouse, contains a section thatwould replace the phrase "calendar year 1992" in a previous bill in order to calculate COLA.Designed to apply to a group of 450,000 people, it was originally proposed in an editorial in which itsnamesake stated "my friends and I have been (*) coddled long enough"; that author assembled a tabledetailing his and his secretaries' income.
One official accused opponents of this proposal of "doubling down" in a speech at Florida AtlanticUniversity. This proposal, introduced in the Senate by Sheldon Whitehouse, contains a section thatwould replace the phrase "calendar year 1992" in a previous bill in order to calculate COLA.Designed to apply to a group of 450,000 people, it was originally proposed in an editorial in which itsnamesake stated "my friends and I have been (*) coddled long enough"; that author assembled a tabledetailing his and his secretaries' income. It was introduced as the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012. For 10points, name this proposal to increase the tax rate to thirty percent for millionaires, named for the chairmanof Berkshire Hathaway.
One official accused opponents of this proposal of "doubling down" in a speech at Florida AtlanticUniversity.
Buffett Rule [accept Paying a Fair Share Act until mention, prompt after; prompt on things like "millionaire's tax", "taxing the rich", etc.]