Broken ...and Another Sign of the Times

Well, well, well....it seems the rich guys are finding it harder and harder to hide their ill-gotten gains. Swiss bank accounts used by the filthy rich as safe harbors from the IRS are handing over names, and the government is kicking ass. Another sign of the changing times, perhaps?

And it's about time, fellas.

While so many are going down for the third time because of a system built on bleeding the little guy and protecting and pampering the fat cats, it's high time that thecarcass-pickers pay up. (Go ahead and read that linked article. It'll put a big old smile on your face.)

This new development reminds me of how infuriated I'd been when I read an excellent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette during the height of the bloodiest year of the war in Iraq, when a news correspondent questioned a person of obvious means whose front yard was decked out in American flags and slogans, if her own son was serving in the military. The woman answered with a dismissiveness that implied the reporter must have taken leave of his senses- "Well, no. We don't do that."

Just like taxes.

Not paying the proper tax is something the upper crust has gotten away with for as long as I can remember-- but times are certainly changing and "it's a good thing" (as Martha Stewart is wont to say)-- indeed it is. We're all in one boat......and there's a new captain......and EVERYBODY ROWS.