Christian Science Monitor: When It Comes to Taxes, More Americans Than Ever Say, "Pay Up", by Jane Lampman:

The tax woes of [three four] of President Obama’s top-level appointees come at a touchy time. …

“The problem is not with the average person,” says Paul Caron, a law professor at University of Cincinnati and author of the TaxProf blog. “There’s a growing unease about people playing by a different set of rules … and that can undermine the system.” …

“It’s what Obama campaigned against – the ethos that’s developed in Washington over the last 25 years,” says Professor Caron. “People go there with good intentions and end up with a sense of entitlement that these rules that apply to the rest of us don’t apply to them.”