The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 12 11:35:34 PST 2003


It also points to an issue a number of progressive pundits have pointed to-- it is stupid wonkery (and I am as bad as many) in talking about the "top 1%" of taxpayers, since that's too hard for many folks to grasp and place themselves against. If you want to say that most of the benefits of Bush's tax plan go to the top 1%, just say that it goes to those making incomes over $300,000 per year. THEN, people will say, well that isn't me.

Hell, it isn't even _me_, and I make altogether too much as a big firm lawyer. jks

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