Item: Stick by your mandate, Mr. Obama. Most of the people in the U.S. are for extending the Bush tax cuts to the middle class and ending them for the wealthy. Many of the latter, probably fearing more a backlash but aware that, in all fairness, they can afford it better than the middle class, are for the idea. Warren Buffett, for example, can’t figure out how he pays fewer taxes than his secretary. And telling him to donate it doesn’t solve the problem. As Mr. Romney showed, the rich will us...
Published on December 11, 2012 03:00