Hill poll: American electorate apparently *not* addicted to soaking rich.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  February 27th at 08:00 PM  | 

The most immediate thing to take away from this Hill poll is what the article on the subject leads with: which is, that something like three-fourths of the American electorate thinks that that the tax rate for the wealthy should be lower than it actually is (about the same proportion has a similar attitude towards similar tax rates for corporations). So far, so good – | Read More »

Rich Obama supporters start realize that he’s talking about *them*.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 10th at 09:42 AM  | 

Look, I understand the temptation to mock. I really do. Barack Obama’s rich supporters fear his tax plans show he’s a class warrior Wealthy Wall Street financiers and other business figures provided crucial support for Mr Obama during the election, backing him over the Republican candidate John McCain as the right leader to rescue the collapsing US economy. But it is now dawning on many | Read More »