Taxes are good. There. I’ve said it. I had to say it after watching a televised debate in which two candidates for president of this country twisted themselves into pretzels trying to answer a moderator’s question, which essentially was:Are you willing to take a pledge not to raise taxes on anyone, by any amount, for any reason, for as long as you are in office?It is, of course, a stupid question built on an idiotic premise. After all, do we ask grocers to take a pledge not to raise the price of bread when the cost of fuel for the






