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Are The Rich Taxed Enough? The Rich Say Yes ... And No.

President Barack Obama is meeting today with members of Congress to try to avoid the fiscal cliff. The president says he’ll let Bush-era tax cuts for families earning over $250,000 a year expire. House Republicans are opposed.

Seattle ​entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer would pay more if the tax cuts expire and he thinks he should. Ross Reynolds speaks with Hanauer, business owner Mark Peterson, and policy analysts Mark Guppy and Marilyn Watkins, and he asks listeners to weigh in with their opinion: Are the rich taxed enough?

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