So, ponder, my fellow Americans.

"The question comes down to whether we want a society in which the rich take an ever-increasing share of the pie, or prefer to return to conditions that allow all classes to anticipate an increasing standard of living. Demanding that the rich get a tax cut as a condition for tax relief for others is simply elitist. Tea Partiers, take note."

Richard H. Thaler, a professor of economics and behavioral science at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, said it today in an article in the New York Times.

So, ponder, my fellow Americans. --Jim Broede