What happened to Joe the plumber?

But these same politicians are eager to cut checks averaging $3 million each to the richest 120,000 people in the country. -Paul Krugman, New York Times

As Friedman notes in Hot, Flat, and Crowded, We need to cut back on spending in America and become more self sufficient.

In order to do this we must bolster the middle class. This article from the New York times explains the proposition to make the rich become even richer. How will this turn America around?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/opinion/23krugman.html?_r=1&ref=unitedstates