One Obama idea that could be shelved for a while, says Princeton economics professor Alan Blinder, is his proposal to raise taxes on the rich.

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So you have to wonder about major league baseball commissioner Alan (bud) Selig's plan to have revenue-rich teams like the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians share more of their wealth with their poorer cousins.

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He can console himself with his salary which, according to The Economist's researches, is the highest of any rich-country central banker, and more than four times that paid to Alan Greenspan, chairman of America's Federal Reserve.

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