Pulling up the Ladder

Richard W. Rahn (who the hell is he?) explains how Kerry's "tax the rich" strategy in fact amounts to taxing the upwardly mobile in an effort to keep them from becoming rich, while letting the already rich (read "Kerry and Edwards themselves") shelter their income from the grimy little hands of the common folk. This not-so-subtle distinction will, of course, be overlooked by the class envy voters on Tuesday.