Buffet Rule Favored by a Majority of Americans: New Gallup Poll!

Dear Commons Community,

The Huffington Post is reporting that according to a new Gallup poll released today, a majority of Americans support the proposed Buffett Rule, which would require individuals earning $1 million or more per year to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes. The survey found that 60 percent of adults support enacting such a policy, while 37 percent oppose it.

By significant margins, both independents (63 to 33 percent) and Democrats (74 to 24 percent) supported the measure, a key Obama campaign issue. Republicans opposed it, but by a smaller margin of 54 to 43 percent.

The Gallup survey was conducted April 9 to 12 among 1,016 adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Tony

 

Media All Over Zimmerman Appearance in Court!

Dear Commons Community,

The media were fixated on George Zimmerman’s appearance in a Florida courtroom yesterday to hear his plea of not guilty of second degree murder in the Trayvon Martin killing.  In the next few months leading up to a trial we will hear a lot about Angela Corey, the special prosecutor in the case.  Already the “experts” were weighing in on her decision to charge Zimmerman with second degree murder rather than the lesser charge of manslaughter.  Alan M. Dershowitz, well-known Harvard law professor, indicated on CNN yesterday that the charge of second degree murder was overreaching and will not be sustained during a trial.  Other experts indicated that Corey’s strategy appeared to be to go for the more serious charge with the hope of settling for the lesser charge of manslaughter or even laying the groundwork for negotiations to settle on  a plea deal with Zimmerman.

This is just the beginning!

Tony