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By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 9, 3:11 am ET
WASHINGTON House Democrats at work on health legislation are narrowing in on an income tax surcharge on the highest-paid wage earners to help pay the cost of subsidizing insurance for the 50 million who lack it.
Pushing to complete a comprehensive health care bill by Friday and bring it up for committee votes next week, House Democrats abandoned earlier money-raising proposals, including a payroll tax. They planned to meet behind closed doors Thursday to fine-tune the details.
The action in the House stood in contrast to the Senate, where Democrats edged away from their goal of passing health care legislation by early August amid heightening partisan controversy over tax increases and a proposed new government role in providing insurance to consumers.
House Dems look at taxing the rich for health care - Yahoo! News
Another round of brilliance from the Dems. Yet one more tax the rich scheme that will fall on the middle class once the rich figure their way out of it.
Democrats are just dumb.