Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected this week the insistence of some Democrats that federal deficit and debt issues be addressed in part with a tax increase on wealthy Americans, especially those who earn $1 million and more a year. “We just think we shouldn’t be punishing job creators to pay for it,” the Kentucky Republican said. Critics say those “job creators”include many CEOs whose companies survived the recession not by creating jobs but by cutting them or outsourcing them — and then being richly rewarded by boards of directors for cutting expenses.