On taxes and fairness

"'Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver,' he demands, 'or less?' The year was 1985. The president was Ronald Wilson Reagan." --Tim Dickinson writing in Rolling Stone Magazine Link: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-gop-became-the-party-of-the-rich-20111109#ixzz1dudveKcZ

You think you could do better?

"...Obama's job 'would be almost unrecognizable to most of his predecessors — thanks to the enormous bureaucracy, congressional paralysis, systematic corruption and disintegrating media' in Washington, D.C." --Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair Link to original post: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129090078

Quote of the day II--who doesn't feel this?

"Here's the thing with this new technology. I think it's incredibly effective. I just don't think it's made anyone much happier. If anything, we are now always connected but we don't know what we're connected to. It's just an endless stream of information." --Gary Shteyngart, author Super Sad True Love Story Link to original post: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128872279