Wednesday, July 21, 2010

come on Max!

Could this be true? I hear Max that you think Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and Paine are all idiots and we need a new American Monarchy. All of these founding fathers thought there should be a 100% inheritance tax for good reason-to avoid the amassing of intergenerational wealth that would threaten our Democracy. They were great Prophets weren't they. We need the Bush tax cuts eliminated and the estate tax restored. You and I know this will affect maybe 1 or 2 people in Montana and none of them can be called "family" farms or business. The wealthy have plenty of time to give their wealth to their children. My wife's father is in a rest home w/ alzhiemers, he is a 95 year old WWll veteran. Medicare took 50% of the $60,000 proceeds from the sale of the farm and all the rest of his liquid assets. That means that this "family farmer" pays a greater inheritance tax than this Fortune 500 guy who just died with an estate valued at $9Billion. Now, tell me this is the Great American Dream. Max, either you need to figure out who it is you as a Democrat are supposed to support and if you insist on representing the Corporations and the wealthy then join the Republicant party and give us Democrats a chance to elect a populist, progressive candidate.

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