Amid a Thomas Friedman column claiming that "it's an outrage that we can't control our border" comes this passage:
Ted Cruz speaks of our government in the same way as the anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist, who says we should shrink government "to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." (Am I a bad person if I hope that when Norquist slips in that bathtub and has to call 911, no one answers?)
Mr. Norquist responded on Twitter with characteristic grace:
@NYTimesFriedman, an advocate for higher taxes, writes that he wishes me dead. I take that as a high compliment. I wish him a long life.
My own answer to Mr. Friedman's question would be that it doesn't necessarily make him a "bad person," but it is a bad thought. Am I a bad person if I hope the government makes Tom Friedman and his family pay the top tax rate he would impose on the rest of the country?