The Washington Post reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to raise the income at which a surtax would to finance health care spending would kick in from the $350,000 in bills passed by House committees. She reportedly said the tax should only apply to millionaires. Almost everyone with an income of more than $350,000 a year would have more than $1 million in assets, therefore they would be millionaires.
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