Democrats' New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters

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what a bunch of numbnuts..don't they know they SHOULD pay more..snort
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By JONATHAN WEISMAN
A group of Democrats elected in recent years from some of the country's richest congressional districts have emerged as a stumbling block to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for President Barack Obama's ambitious health-care overhaul just as the plan has begun to meet increasing resistance over its cost.

Friday, two freshmen representatives -- Dina Titus, from suburban Las Vegas, and Colorado's Jared Polis, representing Boulder, Vail and some of the tonier suburbs of Denver -- joined Republicans to vote against Mr. Obama's top-priority health-care overhaul when it faced a vote in their House Education and Labor Committee. One reason was a one-percentage point-surtax on couples earning between $350,000 and $500,000 -- gradually increasing to 5.4 percentage points on earnings more than $1 million -- to pay for it.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, during a mock swearing in early this year for Rep. Gerald Connolly (D.,Va.), as family and friends look on. Mr. Connolly is one of the freshmen Democrats pleading against sharp tax increases.
The bill passed the committee anyway, but if the number of Democratic defectors grows it could pose a serious obstacle to the president.

Also on Friday a busload of freshmen Democrats went to the White House to plead their case against sharp tax increases with the president and his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. The organizer was Rep. Gerald Connolly, the president of the freshman class whose Northern Virginia district is the richest in the U.S. as measured by median household income.

"There could come a time," said Rep. Michael McMahon, a freshman Democrat from New York City's borough of Staten Island, when Democrats are in open rebellion. "We will certainly see in the next few weeks where we are going."

Election gains in some of these affluent regions have helped give Democrats big majorities in the House and Senate. Of the 25 richest districts, 14 are represented by Democrats, according to Congressional Quarterly. In 1995, Democrats represented just five of those districts.

Recently elected Democrats from higher-income areas also have been cautious about legislation that would make it easier for labor unions to organize, and about legislation imposing tough new rules on banks. Republicans have savaged the new Democrats for supporting legislation to stem global warming by capping greenhouse-gas emissions, then forcing polluters to purchase and trade emissions credits -- a "cap and tax," the GOP says.

read it all..
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124804459318663479.html

[red states rule]

Most Obama voters I know actually believed other people would pay for the hope and change they voted for

But when they find out THEY will have to pay as well - they are no so happy about that hope and change

[meme]

Most Obama voters I know actually believed other people would pay for the hope and change they voted for

But when they find out THEY will have to pay as well - they are no so happy about that hope and change

But but, I didn't think the Democrat party had any rich people..we are always told that is the Republican party...and the little Democrat robots swallow it..

[Topspin]

word to the street,
Also these tools never index the increases. Just as the amt was never meant for the middle class these increases a decade away will directly hammer the middle class.

[red states rule]

But but, I didn't think the Democrat party had any rich people..we are always told that is the Republican party...and the little Democrat robots swallow it..

My liberal coworker - who I car pool with - is not happy HE will have to pay more in taxes

But he was happy when only the "rich" would have to pay

When he saw what Cap and Trade would do his light bill and what he pays at the pump for gas - he was not as gleeful over Dems "saving the planet"

Amazing what a dose of reality does to a liberal