White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe joined “Fox News Sunday” to discuss President Obama’s plan to create jobs and shrink the deficit. In a lively discussion, Plouffe continually pointed to the rich needing to do their part to help shore up the economy.

He said, “Absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.”

Much has been made of the so called “Buffet Rule,” which would raise taxes on some of the highest earners in 2013. When “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace pointed out that those who fall into the wealthiest 10% pay 70% of the country’s taxes, Plouffe had this response:

“The American people are screaming out, saying it’s unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations, who can afford the best attorneys, the best accountants, take advantage of these special tax treatments that lobbyists have – along with lawmakers – have cooked into the books here. … Again, they make a ton of money.”

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) also joined the program and said that the president is choosing to ignore the advice of the committees that were appointed by his administration to take on the debt problem.

Graham stated, “You do what Bowles-Simpson's commission recommended. He's had a lot of input and advice in a bipartisan fashion from the Gang of Six. But he's going down a partisan route.”

When asked about the 2012 Republican presidential field and their chances of taking back the White House, the Senator made this observation, “The best thing we've got going for us is Obama policies that won't work and are never going to work.”