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podfish
02-01-2011, 04:56 PM
I usually find their built-in assumptions incredibly annoying, but finally they've found a voice that shows a perspective more in tune with us hoi-polloi....


The president was too polite to mention it during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, but here's a quick summary of the problem: The U.S. is broke. The hole is too big to plug with cost cutting or economic growth alone. Rich people have money. No one else does. Rich people have enough clout to block higher taxes on themselves, and they will.
Likely outcome: Your next home will be the box that your laser printer came in. I hope that you kept it.
'course, it's from an author not normally associated with them.

How to tax the rich. (https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703293204576106164123424314.html)