Democrats: Say, Let's Exempt Rich People in Blue States From Tax Hike!

From: Chicago Now

Democrats: Say, Let's Exempt Rich People in Blue States From Tax Hike!
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/publius-forum/2010/08/democrats-say-lets-exempt-rich-people-in-blue-states-from-tax-hike.html

If this doesn't exemplify the left's propensity to act in the mode of for-thee-but-not-me, nothing does. The Wall Street Journal (by way of the Wash. Examiner's Mark Hemingway) reports that at least one Democrat has suddenly realized that when the Bush tax cuts fade away his state will be hit by a massive tax hike on the same rich people that donate to his election campaign.

The Journal notes that the "irony" of the tax increase coming on January 1 is that the bluest states will be hardest hit. New York, California, Connecticut, and New Jersey will be hit pretty hard and this poses a "problem" for those pro-tax Democrats that will suddenly find rich constituents who will be angry about the new hit on their income. . . .