Bonus Quote of the Day

“You know, it’s sort of a touching response to a $1.2 trillion deficit, isn’t it, that somehow the American people will just all send in checks and take care of it.”

— Warren Buffett, in an interview with CNBC, responding to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) who told him he should “write a check and shut up” if he’s so intent on raising taxes on wealthy Americans in order to reduce the deficit.