A 50% Tax Rate on the ‘Rich’
16th October 2009
New York Times columnist David Brooks says that Republicans in America should look for inspiration to Conservatives in Britain, who back a 50% top tax rate at the national level. This is what passes for the right-of-center regular voice on the New York Times op-ed page.
I find it curious that the Crust doesn’t have Own Goal Specialists the way the ‘right’ has people like Brooks, Frum, and Friedersdorf. Perhaps that’s what being the Establishment is all about — don’t think of it as selling out; think of it as buying in.