a rising tide or let them eat cake

This today from Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post.

"To be poor in America was to be invisible, but not after this week, not after those images of the bedraggled masses at the Superdome, convention center and airport. No one can claim that the post-Reagan orthodoxy of low taxes and small government, which does wonders for the extremely rich, also inevitably does wonders for the extremely poor.

"What was that about a rising tide lifting all boats? What if you don't have a boat?"

I think everyone who dogged John Edwards for saying there are two Americas owes someone an apology. I think they (and we) should pay the debt with generous, sustained, redemptive action.