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Jadex · 09-14-2009, 11:42 AM

CNSNews.com - House Democrats Will Seek Massive $540 Billion Tax Increaseâ€”Announcement Came Late Friday Afternoon (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/50895 - broken link)

delusianne · 09-14-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jadex

CNSNews.com - House Democrats Will Seek Massive $540 Billion Tax Increaseâ€”Announcement Came Late Friday Afternoon (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/50895 - broken link)

"Subsequent AP stories and a report in the Washington Post cited Democratic sources as saying that the massive new tax increase would come in the form of a “surtax” on people filing taxes in the upper brackets of the income tax code."

Plus, over 10 years.

Nice try!