claim: the buffett rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
author: rob portman
evidence_1: mar 20, 2012 ... hatch memo on jct “buffett rule” legislation analysis revealing not enough  revenue to replace amt, confront debt ... ten years, or less than $5 billion a  year - a minute fraction of either the deficit that the congressional ... the less than  $5 billion per year amounts to one week of 2011 interest payments.
evidence_2: apr 13, 2012 ... early next week the paying a fair share act of 2012 (s. 2230) will be put to a  vote. ... (those making more than $5 million a year) who pay a lower tax rate ...  the buffett rule would help distribute the burden of deficit reduction to ... even  the lower $47 billion amount is about enough to prevent interest rates ...
evidence_3: feb 27, 2017 ... billionaire investor warren buffett spoke with cnbc's becky quick on ... buffett:  it's been 52 years, maybe 50. a lot of it. quick: it's been more than 50. ... so when  interest rates were 15 percent in 1982 they'd pull down the ... say that rule of law  was important, never perfect but far more than many places.
evidence_4: aug 7, 2018 ... we hear a lot about the national debt, but many of us don't really know ... the  national debt is big boogeyman during election years but how bad ... if you want  to see how much we're spending and how much we're bringing in, here it is. ...  that it will be faster to pay off your debt if you can lower your interest.
evidence_5: 19 hours ago ... kathleen rice from landing a seat on the high-profile house judiciary ... is that  the president can be persuaded to reopen the government and take up an ...  border security and offer protections for young immigrants and people under ...  much economic growth is being lost each week the standoff with democrats  continues.