Dear Mr. President,

How can you be so proud, sir, of gouging additional taxes from the middle class to line your own pockets and those of your friends?

Oh, I forgot. The rest of don’t count. We’re the bothersome majority of the country who don’t have billions of dollars. Got it, sir.

How can you be so proud, sir, of grossly increasing our debt? That puts the burden of your self-largess on our children.

Oh, I forgot. We and our children and our children’s children don’t count. Only yours count, which is why you want to end the estate tax, sir. So your progeny can glean the benefits of living in our free society but not support its government. Got it, sir.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger