Not exact matches
By promising to increase marginal rates on the very
wealthy — essentially by allowing some Bush tax cuts to expire — Obama offered a path that,
while not perfect,
at least heads in the direction of future deficit reduction.
He spoke particularly passionately about Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's economic plan, warning that Romney would hand the Medicaid program over to the states and cut it by
at least 30 percent —
while providing tax cuts to the
wealthy.
The Rule of Law Index reveals an apparent paradox: some
wealthy countries perform poorly with respect to this sub-factor,
while at the same time some poor countries perform if not well then
at least better than certain
wealthy countries.