claim: "the problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
author: john boehner
evidence_1: nov 14, 2012 ... 9: the problem with raising tax rates on wealthy americans is that more than half  of them are small-business owners. raising tax rates will slow ...
evidence_2: nov 18, 2012 ... protecting the interests of rich people is not deemed socially acceptable ... “ raising taxes on small businesses will kill jobs in america,” ... there have always  been a few problems with boehner's conceit that higher taxes on large incomes  ... tax rates on the wealthiest americans is that more than half of them ...
evidence_3: oct 30, 2017 ... only the wealthiest estates pay the tax because it is levied only on the ... of  americans — roughly 2 out of every 1,000 people who die — owe any estate tax.  ... that is far below the top statutory rate of 40 percent. ... tpc's analysis defined a  small-business or small farm estate as one with more than half its ...
evidence_4: oct 16, 2015 ... when it comes to paying taxes, most americans think the wealthy do not pay their  fair share. ... could raise large amounts of revenue exclusively from this small  group, ... those in the bottom half pay less than $1 out of every $10. ... a tax rate  of 45 percent on this select group raises $109 billion, more than ...
evidence_5: mar 3, 2015 ... those in the top half of income would pay roughly $97 each and those in the ...  think the wealthy don't pay enough federal taxes in america. ... they have been  told over and over by politicians and the media that the ... raising tax rates on the  rich takes money right out from under small ... more on this issue ...