ANN ALTHOUSE QUESTIONS THE NEW YORK TIMES:

Obama ran on a redistribution of the wealth agenda? So, back when he was campaigning, and his opponents characterized things he said as meaning that he wanted to redistribute the wealth, and his supporters shouted that down as typical right-wing distortion, Obama was really laying the groundwork for claiming that he had won a mandate to redistribute the wealth? Incredible!

Incredible, typical, whatever. Plus, from the comments: “Here’s an idea: why don’t we distribute wealth based on how much each person did to earn it?”