This BS statistic keeps being repeated in the media as if it were true. Buffett's secretary does not pay taxes at a higher rate than he does. The only way she pays taxes on her wage income at a higher rate than Buffett is if she earns a higher wage income than Buffett. The only way she pays taxes on her investment income at a higher rate than Buffett is if she earns more investment income than Buffett.
Most obamarubes don’t understand and don’t care to understand the difference between cap gains rates and income rates.
They just want 0bama to “get even” with “the rich”.
Eugene Robinson’s column today included, just as an assumption or presupposition, that “the rich” got rich “at the expense of the poor”.