I have been talking about this for a bit now but with the exit polls still fresh, here are the results from the key state of Ohio (which has been called for Obama).
You'll note that the people who don't pay taxes voted for the guy who is promising to give them goodies paid for by the people who do pay taxes. Look at those margins at the $30k and less, it's extreme.
As you work your way up the income brackets (i.e. to people who actually produce stuff) the margin narrows and eventually turns in favor of McCain -- mind you, this is a state McCain LOST.
It's pretty clear, even this early on, that Americans are quite willing to vote for people who promise to give them stuff paid for by other people. Clearly, it's a whole new "everyone for themself" world. I hope in the coming months and years people remember this.
I think one of the first things that will change as soon as taxes go up is that JU will stop being a free site other than for people I decide to give free premium accounts. The rest should probably find another blog site if they object to paying for a service. There's plenty of free blog sites still. There's plenty of time as I doubt taxes will go up until the end of next year.