carol i love this question of yours. we ve been pointing the finger at everybody else how to balance the budget. you get to the heart of the matter. should we raise taxes on the wealthiest americans in the country? a battle the president will probably fight in earnest shortly after his speech. so, you know, here s a wake-up call for you, though. in the month of march, the country ran a $188 billion deficit. in other words it spent $188 billion more than it took in. this is a defining moment for leadership in the country s debt crisis. republicans laid out their plan. now president obama will propose a two-for. reduce spending, but also end the bush era tax cuts. that means raising taxes on people earning over $250,000 a year. sound familiar? you betcha. $250,000 a year. $250,000 a year. yes, asking the folks who are making more than $250,000 a year, a quarter million dollar