To HARRY SCHELL: Beautiful remarks. I would add, that any book by some leftist like Jacoby, on “anti-intellectualism” is nothing more than mental gymnastics with no grounding, if there’s no understanding of the excessive role of govt as promoted by the left, and the stealing of half our earned income by mostly leftist legislators over the past 75 years. We can dance around 6 ways til Sunday, but if Jacoby and the left don’t understand that over-taxation is an economy-killer, then we’re all sunk. The collegiate-snobbery of the left is appalling. And……they often work at universities and govt entities that have deferred-taxation on egregious benefit levels such as retirement pensions and post-retirement health-care………so that they receive a larger proportion of “pay” that is virtually untaxed during their working careers. This is NOT by accident. But it shields them from the confiscatory taxation they take from us in the private sector, with our much more modest “benefits”. Therefore Mr. Schell….. you’re exactly right about Obama’s and the left’s utter cluelessness on how current tax rates are WAY too high as they currently are……and if they’re raised, then God help us. -SBourg
