If Smith Grows an Apple and Eats It, Does the Apple Come from Jones?

Here's a letter to the New York Times:

Reasonable people can debate whether or not raising taxes is a sound means of funding government spending, but Paul Krugman isn't reasonable ("Now That's Rich," August 23).  Instead, he slings mud and insinuates that the proper relationship between Americans and their government is exactly the opposite of what the founders expressly took this relationship to be.

For government not to raise taxes on high-income earners is not, contrary to Mr. Krugman's...