Rising Hegemon
Of course, these same heads are mostly wealthy. Charles Gibson in 2008 blithely declared a family income of $200,000 as not a lot of money and unbelievably common -- to an audience that laughed at him and he didn't have a fucking clue why. Which is true, when you are making $10 million a year, like Charles Gibson.
So I endorse this:
...anyone in the media talking about raising income tax rates on the top two income brackets should have to disclose their possible conflict of interest in the debate. It wouldn't take much, just a simple declaration: "Full disclosure, I fall into the top tax bracket myself, so I would personally be affected by changing this rate."
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And every politician, pundit, bigwig and wealthy contributor in every discussion on the topic must say whether he or she will be personally affected.
It's only fair.
Of course media figures and pols should declare their own conflicts of interest on this issue. And of course they won't. Time for another blogger ethics panel, I'd say . . .
how about we pay teevee gnews $200k. that's it.
ppoo
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