What warfare?

December 28, 2011

Re “Philanthropist accuses Obama of ‘class warfare’,” December 14

Your Dec. 15 issue featured an article headlined “Philanthropist accuses Obama of ‘class warfare.’” For those who read deeper in the article we learn that Mr. Cooperman believes that “anyone making over $500,000 a year should have a 10 percent tax surcharge for the next three years....” So it appears that Mr. Cooperman, in fact, agrees with President Obama; he just doesn’t like the President’s rhetoric. It seems to me that a more accurate headline should have reflected the substantive news in this article, something like “Philanthropist agrees with Obama on taxing the rich.”

Wally Saffer
Morristown