Government finds out who owns Swiss bank accounts

It appears that secret Swiss bank accounts are no longer so secret.

Spreading the wealth

TaxVox, commenting on the idea that Obama’s tax policies would be redistributive, while McCain’s wouldn’t be:
… [If] McCain favors a flat tax, he should tell us and explain why he thinks it is a good idea to redistribute income by raising taxes on the middle class and giving the money to the wealthy.
The argument would [...]

Because we have bills to pay

From Joe Klein:
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and current chief McCain economic advisor, is an honest man–which means he’s something of a liability on the Straight Talk Express. A few months ago, he admitted to my colleague, Michael Scherer, that Barack Obama’s economic plan would reduce taxes for most people. [...]