If you enjoyed this correspondent’s November 2012 column about a “not-so-taxing” conversation involving taxes, that doesn’t guarantee that you’ll like the same column transformed into a speech. But you might.

The John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society patiently sat through that speech today. In the video clip below, you’ll hear discussion of the notion that families with higher earnings “ought to pay more” taxes.

4:10 p.m. update: Click play below to watch the full 51:48 event.

You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.