A lot of punditry today is being directed at the super-committee of 12 that the debt-ceiling deal establishes, ostensibly to bring our fiscal house in order.
But God knows why. The idea that the Republicans on the committee will accede to any tax increases—after House Republicans read John Boehner the riot act for talking tax increases with President Obama, and after Republicans in both houses unanimously rejected Harry Reid’s bill that included tax increases as part of the mix—couldn’t pass muster with Dr. Pangloss.
In September, 2009 Atlantic Monthly named 
