Rod Dreher, whose credentials as a Conservative are pretty solid, asks the question those kind of people aren't supposed to ask: Are all these tax policies that favor the wealthy, such as a lower rate of taxation on income from Capital Gains, really wise? Or even Conservative?
I don't think so. All these theories about how if the rich keep a higher percentage of their income than my gardener will somehow benefit my gardener — how it will all "trickle down" — strike me as warm gas. They're like if I promoted the idea that the economy will prosper if only we don't tax 6'3" people who work on Groo comic books. (Hey, we oughta try that…)