@gop plutocrat: "the Rich shouldn’t have to pay taxes", Santorum backer says

"The powerful connection between money and politics is also on vivid display in the roller-coaster Republican race, where Rick Santorum owes his surge in part to the generosity of the Wyoming multimillionaire Foster Friess, whose "super PAC" helped keep Santorum's candidacy alive by running TV ads on his behalf.

I interviewed Friess a few days ago, before he made his headline-grabbing remark about women using aspirin as contraceptives in his earlier days ("The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly.") He's a folksy, white-haired, septuagenarian charmer whose Web site features a photo of him astride a horse and "Foster's Campfire Blog." He also has unequivocal views about the proper relationships among the wealthy, the state and politics."

rest at http://blogs.reuters.com/chrystia-freeland/2012/02/17/rich-shouldn%E2%80%99t-have-to-pay-taxes-santorum-backer-says/