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robertreich:

So the really big fight — perhaps the defining battle of 2012 — won’t be over Medicare. It won’t even be over Obama’s jobs program.

It will be over whether the rich should pay more taxes.

The President has vowed to veto any plan to tame the debt that doesn’t increase taxes on the rich. The…

Rich people compare themselves to other rich people… not the great unwashed. If they’re all affected equally it won’t make any difference to them. This is just the first step in rectifying the societal disease of extreme inequality. The self-esteem destruction of inequality is one of the principal causes of addiction, crime, and poor education outcomes of those who know they don’t have a shot at the American Dream.

robertreich:

You can’t fight something with nothing. But as long as Democrats refuse to talk about the almost unprecedented buildup of income, wealth, and power at the top – and the refusal of the super-rich to pay their fair share of the nation’s bills – Republicans will convince people it’s all about…

but but what about Bentley, Toll Brothers, and SuperYachtTimes.com?