>Not really - it was originally to make the wealthy pay a higher share >of government costs, not to simply enact transfers of wealth. Big >difference.
You ignore history. The motivation can be seen most clearly by examining inheritance taxes. The goal is to extinguish dynastic succession, which is fundamentally undemocratic. Of course the cons/neocons think royalty is just fine. They even coined the misleading term "death tax" to obscure their true motives. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
