Facing reality head-on

“There is no way we can pay for health care and the rest of the Obama agenda, plus get our long-term deficits under control, simply by raising taxes on the wealthy,” said Isabel V. Sawhill, a former Clinton administration budget official. “The middle class is going to have to contribute as well.”

Quote from Obama’s Pledge to Tax Only the Rich Can’t Pay for Everything, Analysts Say in the New York Times