A USA TODAY analysis out this morning shows that only a small percentage of Americans will pay more in taxes because of the Affordable Care Act. The story quotes Donald Marron from the non-partisan Tax Policy Center as saying, "The bulk of the taxes are aimed at corporations and high-income folks."
Will Democrats up for (re)election this fall start employing that new statistic, and will it help their cause? As we all know, as a collective party they haven't made the sale with the public, a question I posed to Florida Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson yesterday, in the fight of his life to stay in Washington this fall.
The Senator was in Tampa yesterday to celebrate the passage of the RESTORE Act, which could bring up to $20 million in fines from BP to help restore the Gulf in the wake of the massive oil spill from 2 years ago.
The Republicans have taken over the Tampa Bay Times Forum, precisely seven weeks before the party to celebrate Mitt Romney's candidacy take place during the Republican National Convention.
And CL attended a HART meeting yesterday, where some interesting things were said regarding the idea of not allowing riders under 12 on a bus unless accompanied by an adult.
This article appears in Jul 12-18, 2012.
