Scott Brown: "Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would ... [View all]

[AtomicKitten]

create a burden for well-off teachers, firefighters, and police officers."

You can't make this stuff up! Can't wait until Elizabeth Warren takes back Teddy's seat.




link: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/scott-brown-what-about-all-the-rich-schoolteachers.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) made the case in Lowell, MA on Friday that letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire would create a burden for well-off teachers, firefighters, and police officers.

From the Lowell Sun, which held an editorial board meeting with the Senator:

Brown also took on President Barack Obama for proposing tax hikes on families who earn more than $250,000 per year, saying that would hurt “teachers, firefighters, policemen, folks who work two jobs.”

Asked which public servants earn that much money, Brown said it is common for police officers to earn well over $100,000 annually when overtime is factored into their pay.

“You throw in a teacher who’s working, plus a summer job, it adds up pretty quickly,” he said. “There’s quite a few of them.”

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