Washington Post writer Ezra Klein draws on an analysis by the Center for American Progress to refute Speaker Boehner’s claim that a lower tax rate for the wealthy somehow means more jobs for all Americans:

In theory, the GOP is so committed to resisting tax hikes because it’s so committed to creating jobs. “The fact is you can’t tax the very people that we expect to invest in the economy and create jobs,” says Speaker John Boehner. But Michael Linden’s chart comparing average annual job creation at different marginal tax rates begs to differ: