“You cannot put the burden of a tax on someone unless you cut into his or her consumption. If the Obama tax increases did not cause Gates and Buffett to tighten their belts, then they paid precisely 0% of that tax increase. Someone else paid, even if they wrote the check. If they invested less due to the tax, then workers might have received lower wages. If they gave less to charity then very poor African’s [SIC] paid the tax. I have no idea who paid, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Gates and Buffett.” —Scott Sumner, “The Money Illusion”