And the left wants to steal it. They might as well just rip it off my arm and run down the street with it. Ok, maybe not that dramtic, but lefties want to keep my from indulging in my handbag fetish.

Clinton’s former Treasury Secretary, you know - the one who called the Bush Administration and asked them to bail out Enron, thinks you should give the Feds more of your pay check.

“You cannot solve the nation’s fiscal problems without increased revenues,” declared Mr. Rubin, the Democratic Party’s leading economic spokesman, in a speech last Thursday. He also took a crack at economic forecasting by noting that “I think if you were to increase taxes right now, you would have probably about zero negative effect on the economy.” The economics and politics here are worth parsing.

A zero negative effect on the economy? Really. Huh.

Well let’s see. The Husband and I are both professionals with good jobs. We work hard and deserve every penny of our pay checks. We’re probably in the crosshairs of lefties because that’s not the sense of entitlement they celebrate. Anyway, first order of business as the Prom Queen Nancy Pelosi has stated would be to mess with the Bush tax cuts. Based on how much the evil Bush tax cuts saved us in 2005, I’m thinking The Husband and I will be out at least $1,500. If Rubin and the Prom Queen get their way, I should stress.

What did I do with the extra $1,500 this year? Something responsible and fiscally prudent maybe? I could’ve saved it for a rainy day or added a little to The Son’s college fund or my IRA. But I didn’t. Nope. This little wifey bought herself multiple absurdly expensive handbags like this one and is planning on buying yet another when she finishes her year end tax planning and knows how much the evil tax cuts saved her. You may make fun at your leisure in the comments below, but I have a point here, I promise.

I took that cash and turned around and splurged. Pumped all of that $1,500 and more right back into the Phoenix economy. This ‘zero negative effect on the economy’ Rubin was talking about…when my $1,500 is going to the Feds instead of the perky salesgirl at Coach, is he assuming that someone else, say someone who isn’t in a high of tax bracket as I, will purchase the same amount of ridiculously expensive purses as I do to make up for it? I wonder how that’s going to happen. Government subsidies for accessory purchases? I’m sure I make too much money to be eligible for that program.

I’d rather have Bushie and his tax cuts buy me a handbag any day.