This is a really crazy paragraph from John Heilemann’s piece on Team Obama’s strategy:
I understand the point about the beer and Romney’s relative likeability. That’s one of the things George W. Bush had going for him in both 2000 and 2004 — it’s been buoying Obama’s numbers for a long time, and at this point it’s one of the few things he has left going for him.
What I do not understand is this notion at the beginning of the paragraph: How not taking 50 percent of someone’s income suddenly constitutes “taking care of him.” Low tax rates — as opposed to the corporate handouts that characterize Obama’s economic plan — are not “giveaways” or handouts and do not constitute “taking care of” anyone.
Consider it an insight into the liberal mind: “Should five per cent appear too small / Be thankful I don’t take it all.”
