House Democrats Considering Surtax As Part Of Plan To Pay For Health Reform

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) House Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee are reportedly considering a two percent surtax that “ would apply to individuals with adjusted gross income of more than $200,000 and couples over $250,000″ to help finance health care reform. The committee needs to “come up with $600 billion in new taxes to deliver on President Barack Obama’s goal of sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system” and this tax is just one opti