Which Post-WWII President Said This?

November 20, 2011 - 3:54pm

"We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.  … they sometimes made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary – and that's crazy. Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver, or less?"

Read it in this fantastic Rolling Stone article:  How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich: The inside story of how the Republicans abandoned the poor and the middle class to pursue their relentless agenda of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent.

Watch him say it here.

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