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Glen whines about the fact that the top 1% of households now pay 40% of the federal income taxes. Sadly, he doesn’t bother to think about why that might be, instead choosing to parrot right-wing talking points.
Well, if Glen wants facts, how about these?

Between 2005 and 2006, the average income (before taxes) of the [...]

Proving that Senate Republicans are still good for something, the minority party recently blocked an attempt by Democrats to impose a windfall profits tax on Big Oil. Indeed, Democrats have set Big Oil up as the fall guy for the high gasoline prices Americans are paying, when it is, in fact, the policies of the left that have contributed most to the soaring prices at the pump.

Proving that Senate Republicans are still good for something, the minority party recently blocked an attempt by Democrats to impose a windfall profits tax on Big Oil. Indeed, Democrats have set Big Oil up as the fall guy for the high gasoline prices Americans are paying, when it is, in fact, the policies of the left that have contributed most to the soaring prices at the pump.

The June, 2008 edition of The Limbaugh Letter was all about oil, ethanol, and environmentalism, and there were pages and pages of facts regarding energy, which I am reproducing here, because these are facts that deserve to be repeated whenever possible so the American people will know exactly why we are paying so much for gasoline, and who is responsible (liberals, of course).

Klein provides some interesting commentary on the rapid return of class consciousness...

Bill and Hillary Clinton have released their tax returns for 2000-2006, as well as preliminary figures for 2007. TaxProf has the breakdown. Since the end of 1999, the Clintons' combined income has topped $109,000,000.

"He's spending $12 million for a party room and he's criticizing spending the reserves?