Tax hikes are unwelcome at any time (it’s beyond me how anyone can believe that the government needs more of our money.  How can $3-4 trillion not be enough?).

But they are made immeasurably worse when our political overlords consider themselves exempt (and as anyone who knows anything knows, paying taxes out of government-paid salaries is pointless, anyway).

Maybe I’m missing something, though.  With such esteemed company, perhaps we should all be playing follow our leaders.