Levin is right about it being too little too late, if that's what he meant, but there's no time like now to make a tiny start. Surely even the dimmest, most propagandized among us have come to realize that there's no correlation between talent/value/hard work and grotesquely inflated incomes. If the Wall Street fools didn't amply demonstrate that, we always have Bushes, Trump, Corzine, Limbaugh and a bevy of beauties more to remind us of what reality really looks like.

The Right is always whining about the good old days of the 1950s. They  did have one excellent quality: tax brackets that topped out at 90%. Forget little war surtaxes and concentrate on finally undoing the evil wrought by Reagan and Bush (along with the usual contingent of on-the-take Dems, of course, as always). The real goal is a return to wealth distribution that is compatible with a democratic society. The recession excuse is too ridiculous to even argue -- unless you're a pol concerned about shrinkage of the pool that your bribes come out of.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

It reduces the marginal value of financial profits, which makes another bubble less attractive.

Hell, return the tax rates to what they were in 1954.  Then not only would you reduce the deficit, you would also provide incentives for the creation of jobs instead of bubbles.  In order to profit, the rich would need everyone else to prosper enough to become consumers again.

50 states, 210 media market, 435 Congressional Districts, 3080 counties, 192,480 precincts

Remember, the alternative is to go even deeper into debt.

Which is exactly what the Congress will do.  And the Republicans will absolutely relish the idea of screaming "TOO MUCH DEBT" at every opportunity in the run-up to November.  And since the debt now seems to magically be everyone's concern, the GOP can have their cake and eat it too.

It's a win-win for them.

It would be fascinating to watch the teabaggers weigh in; to watch the arguments the lobbyists would write for the debate; to watch Wall Street struggle with only one argument; to watch the Evangelical extremists preach...and would Israel or perhaps the UK follow suit?

Don't we all have a portion to pay for our defense? As citizens of this republic if we go to war we all go to war. Or we don't go.

If it's important enough to fight it's important enough to tax everyone.

If one isn't important enough then neither is the other.

You're talking about a Senate that's made up primarily of millionaires.  (I have no idea the relative worth of our Reps, but I'm sufre the majority of them are well off too).

"taxing the rich" has never been on the table and never WILL be on the table.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??