The combative Mr Lafontaine resists cuts in taxes forthe rich so long as Mr Kohl's loophole-closing plan does away with the current tax breaks for night, weekend, holiday and other work which, the Social Democratic leader thinks, his own supporters have particularly enjoyed.
Well, the answer arrived this weekend as the Washington Post reported that Mr. Obama's real planforthe next two years is returning Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker in 2014.