Not a Taxing Concept

Here, in full, is Steve Landsburg getting to the bottom of taxing and spending:

What a relief. Now that April 15 is out of the way, my tax rate is back to zero for another year.

At least that's the way the President of the United States seems to have it figured—your tax burden, according to him, is measured by what you're paying right this moment as opposed to what you're obligated to pay in the future.

That's the only possible interpretation of his statement last night that Tea Partiers (and...