David Ignatius - Jim Webb and the Populist Pitch - washingtonpost.com

Similar to yesterday's post, this gets back to a more equitable tax system. At the very least, if you believe in some sort of government funding, the question is who should pay for it? It just makes sense that the rich should pay more in taxes through a progressive system. The Estate Tax erosion has really hurt the egalitarian nature of the country and makes it a worse place. The rich are always going to be rich (maybe not as rich as some of the new billionaires, but they aren't going to be working either), but the country is stronger when people have a chance at getting there too.