Estate Idiocy
Sebastian Mallaby writes in today's WaPo that abolition of the Estate Tax would help entrench a permanent anti-competitive elite. To which I say: "where the hell have you been?"
But Sebastian proves in this piece that he's firmly part of the problem. His lede:
It doesn't matter if you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. There is no possible excuse for doing what Congress is poised to do this week: Abolish the estate tax.
Hold on a damn minute, Sebastian. Democrat? Liberal? Since when do Democrats and liberals get chucked on the estate tax pyre?
Further down he mentions four rogue Dems who may end up voting for some form of repeal, but come on. There is no way that this is anything but a NeoCon show from start to finish. For all the reasons Mallaby lists, it's an anti-progressive movement that no actual liberal or Democrat could possibly support.
Once again, there is this media cowardice that dictates that any story must be wedged into a false non-partisanship no matter what. Either the party affiliations of the wrong-doers are left out entirely, or some bogus effort is made to show bi-partisanship where there is none.
Estate Tax repeal is a Republican effort to save the fortunes of lucky kids like George Bush whose parents are loaded. Period. They've managed to lie to their easily-fooled constituency, making people think it's an unfair "death tax" that they may have to pay. The reality is that the vast majority won't leave enough money to trigger the tax. Period.
Why can't Mallaby just say "Republican?" Is he so afraid of the backlash? He knows, as we all do, that the Republican party is built on lies like the Estate Tax garbage. But they've become so big a bully that even the WaPo can't call them on it - even when they're exposing the lie.
We may get to toss these bums out in November, but it'll take a media with a hell of a lot more backbone to report the truth.
Don't worry, Mallaby, when the Democrats take the government back you can come out from under the bed and write without all that fear.
But Sebastian proves in this piece that he's firmly part of the problem. His lede:
It doesn't matter if you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. There is no possible excuse for doing what Congress is poised to do this week: Abolish the estate tax.
Hold on a damn minute, Sebastian. Democrat? Liberal? Since when do Democrats and liberals get chucked on the estate tax pyre?
Further down he mentions four rogue Dems who may end up voting for some form of repeal, but come on. There is no way that this is anything but a NeoCon show from start to finish. For all the reasons Mallaby lists, it's an anti-progressive movement that no actual liberal or Democrat could possibly support.
Once again, there is this media cowardice that dictates that any story must be wedged into a false non-partisanship no matter what. Either the party affiliations of the wrong-doers are left out entirely, or some bogus effort is made to show bi-partisanship where there is none.
Estate Tax repeal is a Republican effort to save the fortunes of lucky kids like George Bush whose parents are loaded. Period. They've managed to lie to their easily-fooled constituency, making people think it's an unfair "death tax" that they may have to pay. The reality is that the vast majority won't leave enough money to trigger the tax. Period.
Why can't Mallaby just say "Republican?" Is he so afraid of the backlash? He knows, as we all do, that the Republican party is built on lies like the Estate Tax garbage. But they've become so big a bully that even the WaPo can't call them on it - even when they're exposing the lie.
We may get to toss these bums out in November, but it'll take a media with a hell of a lot more backbone to report the truth.
Don't worry, Mallaby, when the Democrats take the government back you can come out from under the bed and write without all that fear.
posted by fiduciary at 8:32 AM
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