The wimpy radicalism of the NDP

Andrea Horwath wants to shift more of the financial burden of our fight to slay the deficit onto the "super-rich".

But she doesn't want to give offence.

So she's suggesting a 2% surcharge on folks earning over a half million a year.

Far from not giving offence, that confiscatory two percent earned her a scathing rebutal in the Globe.

Contrast that to the proposal put forward by Left Front Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon in France.

How about a 100% surcharge on everything over half a million bucks?

Obviously he's not concerned with giving offence!