Krugman Says Something Morally Compelling

[Schneibster]

Paul Krugman expresses an idea that has been lurking at the back of my mind for years. He makes the point that a rich liberal advocating raising taxes is being good, and the Republican Teagagger Party always makes them out to be traitors to their class. This is insidious, and intended by the greedy to try to discount the contribution of the civically-minded rich, to the minds of the middle and lower class.

Read all about it. He's not just a Nobel Prize-winning economist, he's a genuinely good person.