I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going to require higher taxes on everyone. The rich can certainly do more, especially given their stupendous income increases since the Reagan era, but they can't do it all.
Kevin DrumThe ability to focus on a single task for an extended period is a talent thatโs underappreciated - especially by extroverts, who continue to exercise an unhealthy hegemony over most workplaces.
Kevin DrumDespite more than a year of spittle-flecked fury at Hillary Clinton for using a private email server, most Trump voters probably donโt even know what a private server is. Nor do they care. It was just a buzzword that somehow meant Hillary was a crook.
Kevin DrumThe fallout from the Supreme Court halfway killing Obamacare would likely be more serious than conservatives believe...Even their own base, which has been told relentlessly that Obamacare represents the end of the America they love, might start to demand a fix once it becomes clear just what theyโre missing - and what all those blue states with their own exchanges are getting.
Kevin DrumApple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then tough.
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