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Of course Matthews has never been on a ship he didn't feel free to jump off if it was going to impact his ratings. Ask Don Imus. But I do feel reassured, knowing it's only the fifth largest tax increases since the forties. Obama's economic plan is to tax an economy that's in the toilet? I suppose in the Bizzaro world of the Democratic Party it makes sense. This is the same party that acknowledges we have an energy crisis and need to become independent, yet recently voted once again, to ban off shore drilling. Nuclear energy is still considered the original "N" word and we won't even discuss coal to oil technology. Even though we have the largest coal deposits in the world. Meanwhile China is drilling 90 miles off the coast of florida. We all seem to agree that energy drives the economy, yet neither party seems willing or able to come up with a viable plan. There are no lifeboats on this Titanic, only the same old finger pointing and rearranging of the deckchairs....