MORE FACT-CHECKING: Yes, Obama Still Owns The Tax Break For Corporate Jets. “The jet tax provision is not a serious issue ($3 billion over ten years?), and Obama’s repeated mention of it demonstrates he is not serious about deficit reduction. It just adds icing to the cake that it exists in law today only because of his signature.”

Meanwhile, reader Steven DallaVicenza writes: “At some point, some troll needs to put out a petition calling for The United States to set its top marginal federal income tax rate at the Canadian level and see how many left of center people sign it. The current rates are 35% and 29% respectively.”