claim: on taxes, president barack obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
author: paul ryan
evidence_1: oct 12, 2012 ... president barack obama has called for keeping tax rates the same for families  making less than $250,000 annually and raising them for those above that level.  but during a debate on thursday with republican vice presidential candidate  paul ryan, biden signaled a possible change from that figure, ...
evidence_2: oct 28, 2014 ... if this relationship-breakdown metaphor seems a little strained consider this:  barack obama is close to having played more rounds of golf since 2009 than  tiger ... the scale of inequality of appalling: “the wealth share of the top 3  percent climbed from 44.8 percent in 1989 to 51.8 percent in 2007 and 54.4 ...
evidence_3: feb 22, 2012 ... billionaire entrepreneur donald trump tells newsmax that the corporate tax rate  should be “a lot lower” than the 28 percent called for by president barack obama  — and says obama's proposed boost in the tax rate on dividends would be “ incredibly bad news” for jobs and investors. the host of tv's ...
evidence_4: "obama's dividend assault" (review & outlook, feb. 22) succinctly outlines the  harmful impact a top dividend tax rate of 44.8% would have on taxpayers at every  income level. 3 reasons to fear a dividend tax hike. february 28, 2012 — msn  money president barack obama's proposal to raise the tax on dividends should ...
evidence_5: oct 11, 2012 ... the vice president was put in charge of those negotiations by president obama  and they failed to get the agreement. ...... the average tax rate on businesses in  the industrialized world is 25 percent, and the president wants the top effective  tax rate on successful small businesses to go above 40 percent.