Sure, Republicans Want to Raise Taxes--On the Poorest Americans

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The notion of raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans continues to be quite popular, despite unyielding Republican opposition. The notion of raising taxes on those who make the least, however, has a fair amount of GOP support.

A few weeks ago, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said it's a "problem" that many Americans "pay virtually no federal income tax." This week, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) pressed a similar point.

"Well, Bastiat, the great economist of the past said, the place where you've got to get revenues has to come from the middle class. That's the huge number of people that are there. So the system does need to be revamped.... We have an unbalanced tax code that we've got to change.

"I tell you, if we get control of that committee, the Finance Committee, I intend to see that it's changed. Not to hurt the poor. We should help the poor. But to make sure that there's a civic duty on the part of every one of us to help this government to, uh, to be better."

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