He goes on to define "doing what's right" as rolling back President Bush's tax cuts "for the wealthy," providing universal health care and investing in education.
Mr. Orszag, in an opinion piece published recently by Bloomberg, argues that the current system of tax rewards for retirement saving unduly benefits the wealthy, providing a significantly smaller incentive for middle-income earners to sock away cash for a nest egg.
Recruits to the force were usually personally wealthy, providing their own horses and uniforms, and units were often heavily bankrolled by their senior officers.
And I assume that we can look forward to the GOP leadership on increasing the minimum wage, equal pay for women, contraceptive coverage in medical plans, increasing the marginal tax rate on the very wealthy, providing routes to citizenship for illegal immigrants, legalization of marijuana and recognition for gay marriages.
Also, most presidents have been college-educated, wealthy and provided with the best medical care — advantages that would seemingly have improved their odds.
This seven-strong (so far: one more after this to go) franchise has made a lot of people, namely its three stars, very wealthy, and provided British acting stalwarts such as Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith with a regular gig.
Gotham was the work of two men: Douglas K. Dunn, a lawyer, who selected the performers and planned the programs, and Gordon L. Beals, a foreign-exchange trader, who (though in his own words, "not a wealthy man") provided the financial backing.
If there is a break in the intraparty tension tonight, it will come at the expense of President Obama, whose decision this week to seek higher taxes on the wealthy has provided fresh meat for the Republican candidates to chew on.
We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich.
Ford later told People magazine that her wealthy parents provided them with "perfectly marvelous lives" and a sense of security that became a great advantage when she went into business.
