Top Dem calls for tax increase on 99 percent of Americans

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The Washington Examiner:

Top Dem calls for tax increase on 99 percent of Americans

 

February 21, 2013 | 12:44 pm | Modified: February 21, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Joel Gehrke

 

Commentary Writer

 

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., called for an income tax increase on the 99 percent of Americans whose rates did not go up under the fiscal cliff deal, a hike that he proposed alongside entitlement reforms as part of a “balanced” plan to resolve the country’s fiscal crisis.

 

“Closing loopholes is like getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse — it sounds nice, until you’ve got to deal with it politically,” Hoyer said on MSNBC. “I was for the Clinton rates. I’m for the Clinton rates, today.