Newt Gingrich posted a silly challenge on YouTube the other day. He wants people to submit 2 minute videos that "a sixth grader, or a member of Congress" can understand, explaining how any tax increase would threaten to kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, i.e., the American economy. Obviously, this ignores the economic boom and budget deficit elimination we suffered under Bill Clinton, but let's leave that aside for now. What's even more aggravating to watch are the bizarre responses he's getting that are pretty much nothing more than rants on the theme of "You punish me with taxes for working! Stop punishing me! If I can't have my money to spend than how can I spend my money? And if I can't spend my money how will you tax it anyway?" (That last logical step is my favorite.) I find it just a little bit ironic that taxes -- not just an increase in taxes, but any taxes in and of themselves -- are so consistently viewed as a "punishment" by the same people that claim to be the...