Democrats Seek Tax on ‘Richest,’ Aiming Gauntlet at G.O.P.

The New York Times reports:

In proposing a 5 percent surtax on incomes of more than $1 million a year to pay for job-creation measures sought by President Obama, Senate Democratic leaders on Wednesday escalated efforts to strike a more populist tone and to draw Republicans into a confrontation over how much affluent Americans should pay to help others cope with a struggling economy.

Theft through majority voting: Obama, the "uniter".