No Such Thing as a Free (even lousy) Lunch

The rich and not so rich get stuck with the tax bill for the poor and not so poor. My print column is up.

UPDATE: E-mail of the Day.

The Times is wasting money employing you. You write nothing but a
lot of nonsense. What good is your blogs? What else can you do to make a living?

M.L. FitzSimmons

In response:

The Times is wasting money employing you.
Shhh!

You write nothing but a lot of nonsense.
At least that's something.

What good is your blogs?
?

What else can you do to make a living?
I don't know. Teach?