"Deloitte in 2011 estimated that there were 10,541,0000 US dollar millionaires in the United States."
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Wrong again, what Obama seeks to change is the effective tax rates:
"Behind the arguments of Mr. Obama, Mr. Buffett and others about
the inequity of the tax system is the difference between taxpayers’ marginal tax rate, popularly known as their tax bracket, and the effective tax rate they end up paying after subtracting for deductions, credits and other breaks.
The marginal tax rate is the percentage paid on the last dollar a person earns. The current system has six marginal tax rate percentages — 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 — and each applies to a progressively higher amount of income. In theory, a wealthy filer pays the lower rates on income within each bracket, but the bulk of their income is taxed at the top 35 percent rate. Middle-class taxpayers generally pay marginal rates of 15 percent or 25 percent.
But investors like Mr. Buffett pay no more than 15 percent on most of their income because that rate applies to capital gains, dividends and “carried interest,” which is the compensation paid to hedge fund partners and investment managers like Mr. Buffett.
Another reason many wealthy Americans pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes is that the Social Security payroll tax does not apply to income above $106,800; most people do not reach the cutoff and pay the tax on all their income.
Counting income and payroll taxes, Mr. Buffett has said he paid an effective tax rate of 17.4 percent for 2010 compared with an average 36 percent rate for many employees of his company, Berkshire Hathaway."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/us/politics/obama-tax-plan-would-ask-more-of-millionaires.html?pagewanted=all
Yeah, that's the point, those making more that are paying a lesser percentage of their total income in taxes.
Yes, investment income is taxed at a lower rate. The proposal is to increase the amount taxed on investments so that the rich are not paying a lower tax rate than the middle class.
Wrong again, you are distorting the interview that notion originated from. As Buffett said, he wrote the tax plan. He does reserve the right however to see how Congress might rewrite his proposal.
In summary, it is very impressive how you number your points, all of which proved untrue unfortunately. But please do try, try again.