Obama: We're taking your money. Get over it.

I don't have to make it up: He said it to a plumber from Ohio. To illustrate the courage of his convictions, he even tries to explain marginal rates to make the tax hike sound not so bad.



It plays well in the polls to wage class warfare and say that you're only taxing "the wealthy" - but the reality is that those taxes hurt the people who are expanding the economy. Government prints money, but businesses create wealth.

(By the way, if all this sounds familiar, it should.)