There is an incredible article at Mother Jones by David Cay Johnston (who is today on NPR), describing the tax loopholes that exist for individuals and corporations and that do not for middle class and even upper middle class workers.
The story is frankly unbelievable, but we may have an opportunity as a community to lobby the Obama administration to close tax loopholes. This may be the perfect club to swing at the Republicans, who have been pushing for tax breaks.
Johnston has a series of recommendations for closing those loopholes. I don't want to steal his thunder at all. The article is well worth the reading.
However, because this community has become so good at reading the fine print of Congressional legislation, and now is the time to go after our Congress Critters about the amazing deals wealthy individuals and selected corporations are getting.
It is the perfect article to distribute to your Republican buddies...that's how I see it.
Don't even tell them it's from Mother Jones.