Paul Krugman, New York Times
"Is there a V.I.P. entrance? We are V.I.P." That remark, by a donor waiting to get in to one of Mitt Romney's recent fund-raisers in the Hamptons, pretty much sums up the attitude of America's wealthy elite. Mr. Romney's base "” never mind the top 1 percent, we're talking about the top 0.01 percent or higher "” is composed of very self-important people.Specifically, these are people who believe that they are, as another Romney donor put it, "the engine of the economy"; they should be cherished, and...