SocraticGadfly: If Douthat is talking "soak the rich" ...

July 13, 2010

If Douthat is talking "soak the rich" ...

Then we've got something serious going. Well, he doesn't go quite that far, but, eliminating the mortgage interest tax deduction (which largely favors upper middle class and above)? Means-testing Social Security? He's onto something.

Meanwhile, the rich themselves are trying to pass even more of their often undertaxed income to their heirs without any taxes at all.

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