re: #258 Jeff In Ohio

The ancillary to that is where to people get the idea that because they are more well off then 95% of the other citizens they have no responsibility for the upkeep of the republic.

There isn’t any ancillary to the question. The question is do people own what they earn or not? We don’t make moral judgements of the poor for not participating in the “upkeep of the republic” so why the double standard?

We can argue tax policy all day, and probably come to some agreements, I happen to believe Krugman is a moron and the statement I quoted is part of the reason why.