Democrats are already mobilizing politically behind President Obama’s debt reduction proposal, which he formally announced earlier on Monday. Massachusetts Democrats quickly sought to make an issue of it for Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who is up for re-election in 2012.
In a press release titled, “Does Scott Brown Support the Buffett Rule?”:
“As part of his vision for a balanced approach to reducing our deficit and creating jobs, President Obama today proposed the Buffett Rule to make sure that people who make more than $1 million a year do not pay a smaller portion of their income in taxes than middle class Americans do.”
“We’re all Americans first and all of us, including millionaires and billionaires, should pay our fair share to help get our nation’s fiscal house in order. There is no reason in the world why Scott Brown should be talking about cutting one dime from Social Security or Medicare without insisting that CEO’s and hedge fund managers step up to the plate.”
