This piece displays the depth of analysis typical of the right wing. Here, the studious author says, “it’s also often the case that the well-to-do have worked hard, made sacrifices, taken risks and made good choices, and this sort of behavior should not be punished.” An additional 3% tax on income above $250,000/year can hardly be called punishment. It’s called responsible government. And rather than bonding out the costs of running our government to overseas sovereign investment trusts, where the only beneficiaries are states whose interests do not sit comfortably aside the United States’ interests, a tax hike on this class of earners does negligible harm to the economy while saving on long term interest payments. Remember, the budget deficit this time around was a Republican creation–tax cuts combined with run away spending by a two-house Republican congress and a Republican White House till 2006.
Pull yer knuckles off the ground.
