Taxes
I posted on the Hydrogen car first (below) because I knew everyone would be talking about the important other Times article, by David Cay Johnston, detailing what we already know: our progressive tax system isn't really so progressive. If you make more than 10 million dollars, you really should contribute more of your money into the tax system than those who make $100,000. It should be as simple as that. But as Kevin Drum points out with the Times' graphic, that's not our reality.