Also from Barack Obama’s economic address yesterday:

“We’ll also eliminate income taxes for any retiree making less than $50,000 per year, because our seniors are struggling enough with rising costs, and should be able to retire in dignity and respect.”

You’re simultaneously retired and making, say, $48,000 a year, and somehow paying income taxes is an impediment to your dignity and respect?

Hey, Barack, how about those of us in demographics that don’t turn out in such large numbers in Democratic primaries? Don’t income taxes get in the way of our “dignity and respect”? Are we somehow immune to those rising costs?