The Palm Beach Post is reporting that Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is "inclined to support" Senate Majority Harry Reid's proposal announced earlier this week that would impose a 5.6 percent surtax on people earning more than $1 million a year.
Spokesman Dan McLaughlin told the Post:
“If Sen. Nelson had his druthers, he wouldn’t have done it this way. He favors allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire for everyone making more than $1 million year. But it all comes out about the same under Sen. Reid’s plan. So, he’s inclined to support it.”
Sure Nelson is a Democrat you might say, and more inclined to play the "class warfare" game and support hitting up the rich. But the fact of the matter is that he's running for re-election next year, and wants to be on the side of the public.
And the public overwhelmingly supports such a surtax.
This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.