Bonuses for Billionaires - By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

[kpete]

Bonuses for Billionaires
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: July 20, 2011

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........... The truth is that House Republicans don’t actually go far enough. They should follow the logic of their more visionary members with steps like these:

Republicans won’t extend unemployment benefits, even in the worst downturn in 70 years, because that makes people lazy about finding jobs. They’re right: We should be creating incentives for Americans to rise up the food chain by sending hefty checks to every new billionaire. This could be paid for with a tax surcharge on regular working folks. It’s the least we can do.

Likewise, the government should take sterner measures against the persistent jobless. Don’t just let their unemployment benefits expire. Take their homes!

Oh, never mind! Silly me! The banks are already doing that.

The rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/opinion/21kristof.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

[mindwalker_i]

1. I read that this morning

and it was a bit of a surprise. Kristof is often kind of a jerk, but he was really getting annoyed at Repubs this time. Hats off to him!