【正文】 same as many Americans rush to file their taxes this weekend, it’s worth pointing out that we’ve got a tax system that doesn’t always uphold the principle of everyone doing their , this is not just about is also about ’s about being able to make the investments we need to strengthen our economy and create it’s about whether we as a country are willing to pay for those a perfect world, of course, none of us would have to pay any ’d have no deficits to pay we’d have all the resources we needed to invest in things like schools and roads and a strong military and new sources of energy – investments that have always bolstered our economy and strengthened the middle we live in the real world, with real choices and real now, we’ve got significant deficits to ’ve got serious investments to make to keep our economy we can’t afford to keep spending more money on tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans who don’t need them and didn’t even ask for Buffett is one of the wealthiest men in the he pays a lower tax rate than his ’s just the way the system is set fact, one in four millionaires pays a lower tax rate than millions of hardworking middleclass Warren points out, that’s not fair and it doesn’t make ’s wrong that middleclass Americans pay a higher share of their ine in taxes than some millionaires and week, Members of Congress are going to have a chance to set things get to vote on what we call the Buffett ’s simple: If you make more than $1 million every year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your ine in taxes as middleclass families the other hand, if you make less than $250,000 a yearlike 98 percent of American families doyour taxes shouldn’t go ’s all there is to ’s pretty Americans support this survey found that twothirds of millionaires do, do nearly half of all just need some Republican politicians to get on board with where the country know they’ll say that this is all about wanting to raise people’s probably won’t tell you that if you belong to a middleclass family, then I’ve cut your taxes each year that I’ve been in office, and I’ve cut taxes for small business owners 17 the thing is, for most Americans like me, tax rates are near their lowest point in 50 2001 and 2003, the wealthiest Americans received two huge new tax were told these tax cuts would lead to faster job , we got the slowest job growth in half a century, and the typical American family actually saw its ine the flip side, when the most welloff Americans were asked to pay a little more in the 1990s, we were warned that it would kill , tens of millions of jobs we’ve tried this trickledown experiment doesn’t middle class families have seen too much of their security erode over the past few decades for us to tell them they’re going to have to do more because the wealthiest Americans are going to do can’t stop investing in the things that will help grow our economy and create jobs – things like education, research, new sources of energy – just so folks like me can get another tax I hope you’ll ask your Member of Congress to step up and echo that call this week by voting for the Buffett them that in America, prosperity has never just trickled down from a wealthy has always been built by a strong, thriving middle ’s a principle worth reaffirming right you, God bless you, and have a great and Passover Greetings from President Obama April 7, 2012For millions of Americans, this weekend is a time to celebrate redemption at God’s , Jews will gather for a second Seder, where they will retell the story of the tomorrow, my family will join Christians around the world as we thank God for the allimportant gift of grace through the resurrection of His son, and experience the wonder of Easter holidays have their roots in miracles that took place thousands of years connect us to our past and give us strength as we face the they remind us of the mon thread of humanity that connects us me, and for countless other Christians, Easter weekend is a time to reflect and , many of us took a few quiet moments to try and fathom the tremendous sacrifice Jesus made for all of , we will celebrate the resurrection of a savior who died so that we might throughout these sacred days, we remit ourselves to following His rededicate our time on Earth to selflessness, and to loving our remind ourselves that no matter who we are, or how much we achieve, we each stand humbled before an almighty ’s triumph over death holds special meaning for all of us, no matter how or whether we believe, can identify with elements of His triumph of hope over faith over notion that there is something out there that is bigger than beliefs help unite Americans of all faiths and shape our values and guide our put our lives in to all Christians celebrating the Resurrection with us, Michelle and I want to wish you a blessed and Happy to all Americans, I hope you have a weekend filled with joy and reflection, focused on the things that matter bless you, and may God bless the United States of the Buffett Rule So That Everyone Pays Their Fair Share March 31, 2012 the last few months, I’ve been talking about a choice we face as a can either settle for an economy where a few people do really well and everyone else struggles to get by, or we can build an economy where hard work pays off again – where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same ’s up to , I want to talk to you about the idea that everyone in this country should do their fair , if this were a perfect world, we’d have unlimited one would ever have to pay any taxes, and we could spend as much as we we live in the real don’t have unlimited have a deficit that needs to be paid we also have to pay for investments that will help our economy grow and keep our country safe: education, research and technology, a strong military, and retirement programs like Medicare and Social means we have to make it e