I can’t figure out if this is diabolically clever or immensely cynical—or both: Some of the wealthiest New Yorkers are asking the state to raise their taxes. Eighty people including George Soros, Steven Rockefeller and Abigail Disney wrote to lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying they and other top earners should pay more to support schools, roads, bridges and programs to help poor and homeless residents of the state. Call me jaded, but I refuse to believe that wily, sophisticated One-Percenters are this moronic. So what’s going on? Are these rich statists banking on the fact that “programs” to … Continue reading How to Be a Philanthropist Without Really Trying