No, he's not missing the point at all, nantuget ... you apparently missed the sarcasm dripping all over this article. The author is simply saying to Obama (and other leftists who are shedding crocodile tears of "guilt"), "Speak for yourself and not for me ... and if you truly feel that badly about it, put your money where your mouth supposedly is and intentionally increase your own tax liability."
In other words, he's calling their bluff.
B.