> Brenda wrote: > >> The Chicago Daily Defender, one of the oldest black daily newspapers >> in the country, went into bankruptcy because of the burden imposed by >> the estate tax. > > This simply is untrue. > > Totally untrue. >
It was certainly not my intention to mislead anyone. I have no first hand knowledge of what happened to The Defender. The Defender was talked about by at least one of the African-American supporters of the repeal (head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce). Mary asked about those supporters so I tried to answer her question with reasons I had seen or heard sited by those supporters. I thought about using the words, "it's claimed" because I'm fully aware of the plight of black newspapers and I didn't have time to verify the statement, but having work to do and my own business to run, I was not as careful as I could have been. I had no idea it would produce such a response..... I hope the original point isn't lost in all this - that there were Democrats who supported the repeal ACTING in a manner that would be seen as a supporting an agenda that is "perceived" to be Republican. Brenda
