Yes, we all saw this coming from a mile away, but that doesn't make it any less depressing:
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has offered to raise the top tax rate for earners making more than $1 million, a source told the Associated Press.
Pandering to the politics of envy wins over a ratioanl approach to fiscal responsibility. Spend, spend, spend, will continue to be the national policy, and deny, deny, deny the response to fears about the inevitable result of that approach.