At long last…

…the President reports for duty...

There’s a lot of people saying, “this is class warfare.” Well, if saying that billionaires should pay the same share in taxes as a plumber or a teacher is class warfare, then you know what? I’m a warrior for the middle class.

Welcome aboard, Sir.

Wonder where the money went?

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), sponsor of the Fairness in Taxation Act, has an idea...

In the United States today, the richest 1 percent owns 34 percent of our nation’s wealth—that’s more than the entire bottom 90 percent who own just 29 percent of the country’s wealth. And the top one-hundredth of 1 percent now makes an average of $27 million per household per year. The average income for the bottom 90 percent of Americans? $31,244. It’s time for millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share.

Past time, but better late than never, and better now than later.

Wonder where the money went?

Another hint from Obsidian Wings...



Seems like some folks take too much and some folks give too little. What do you suppose the chances are that some folks are the same folks?

Chart of the day.

What the worst of all looks like, via Paul Rosenberg...

Chart(s) of the day.

Via Paul Rosenberg at Open Left...