Eugene Robinson has been drinking the presidential kool-aid on taxes in his discussion of the tea parties:

some Americans don’t much enjoy paying taxes. What the rallies suggested, however, is that opposition to the Obama administration is coalescing into what I would call a Howard Beale Faction, in honor of the choleric anchorman in the movie “Network” whose signature line now seems to have been elevated into philosophy: “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” Not going to take what anymore? Well, whatever. The occasion was Tax Day, April 15, and clearly there was a lot of anger about taxes. That can’t have been the only source of ire, however, since President Obama’s policies mean that the vast majority of Americans will be paying less in income taxes, not more.

“Obama’s policies mean that the vast majority of Americans will be paying less in income taxes, not more.” Sorry, that does not compute. There’s no such thing as a tax cut for a majority, $4 trillion budgets, and a new $10 trillion deficit. The rich dimply don’t make enough to foot the bill. We know that the young and clueless (who will be stuck with paying the Obama check) can be easily fooled, but what excuse does a 54 year old man have for believing such nonsense?

Possible answers include: (a) ignorance; (b) a desire to believe that Obama is telling the truth; (c) a wish that the fantasy world described by Obama (the MSM’s dreamworld, by the way) could actually exist; or (d) all of the above. For most of the media, we think (d) would be correct.

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