Amid pleas to spare the rich, the right is accusing the Obama administration of waging vile class warfare. They envision wooden carts carrying the wealthiest 2 percent to the guillotine. Are the critics right? Only in the tumbrels of their mind.

What the administration proposes is more like charging for cocktails in the first-class cabin. Let's take our Valium and look at the Obama tax proposals with calm nerves.

The president wants to raise the top tax rate to 39.9 percent star ...

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