Writing for the commie-pinko Washington Monthly, Philip Longman, a fellow at the unabashedly socialist New America Foundation, has foreseen the end of the capitalist health care market and the coming of socialized medicine in America.

Rob Portman is in the Hill today, doing his best to spin the Congressional budget resolutions. One of his comments stands out: I'm disappointed that the budget pays for all that new spending with taxes, which I think will put at risk the very economic growth that has given us the increased revenues over the last few years to be able to reduce the deficit.

Following up on yesterday look at progressivity's tipping point: The Tax Policy Center released an article last week revealing that 65.9 percent of all "tax units" pay more payroll tax than income tax. The article notes that payroll tax is regressive with respect to current income -- the effective payroll tax rate falls as income rises. The income tax, in contrast, is progressive, even considering the deductions, loopholes, and other flattening provisions. Query: how long has the majority of taxpayers paid more in payroll than income tax, and whither is the trend tending?

The Chaney Fiscal Theorem, which asserts that Deficits Don't Matter, was the dominant view underlying the tax and budget policies of the nation's governing party for most of this decade.