ve written several times that the left wants big tax hikes on poor and middle-class taxpayers. Simply stated, that's the only way they can finance a European-sized welfare state.

Some of them even admit they want to pillage ordinary taxpayers.

The editors at the New York Times endorsed higher taxes on the middle class in 2010.

The then-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer also gave a green light that year to higher taxes on the middle class.

In 2012, MIT professor and former IMF official Simon Johnson argued that the middle class should pay more tax.

The Washington Post also called for higher taxes on the middle class a few years ago, as did Vice President Joe Biden's former economist.