Opposing Obama's Tax Hike on the Rich, Baucus Proposes To Tax Your Health Care Benefits from Open Left

Remember when reading the following story that Max Baucus calls himself a Democrat, and that the Senate Democratic Caucus inexplicably keeps this man in the chairmanship of the committee overseeing tax and health care policy:

Sen. Max Baucus says he'd prefer funding health care reform by taxing people's health benefits rather than phasing out tax deductions on the richest Americans...President Obama is proposing to phase out income tax deductions for people making more than $250,000 a year. Baucus has told Obama he doesn't like that idea.

Baucus technically represents one of the poorest states in the nation - I say technically, because he's made clear he really represents K Street and the super-rich. This latest declaration makes that abundantly clear.

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